Patent ID: 8879422
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of fairness provision via controlling a transmission opportunity window, comprising: obtaining a fairness metric during a mesh profile negotiation performed in order for a wireless station to join a wireless mesh network; sending predetermined mesh transmission parameters comprising a currently communicated average data rate and a last used transmission opportunity window of the wireless station to previously joined wireless stations in a predetermined neighborhood of the wireless station; receiving from the previously joined wireless stations in the predetermined neighborhood of the wireless station their respective predetermined mesh transmission parameters comprising a currently communicated average data rate and a last used transmission opportunity window of the respective wireless station; and in response to a first predetermined event, determining a transmission opportunity window for the wireless station based on the obtained fairness metric, the predetermined mesh transmission parameters of the wireless station, and the predetermined mesh transmission parameters of the previously joined wireless stations, and based on maximizing a sum of ratios of an instantaneous data rate and the currently communicated average data rate for each wireless station.