Patent ID: 7920586
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting a medium access technique for transmission of at least one packet by a node in a communication network, the method comprising: determining, by the node operating within the communication network, a characteristic of the at least one packet to be transmitted by the node; when the characteristic is determined to be a first condition, determining, by the node, a size of the at least one packet, and based on the size of the at least one packet, determining which of a plurality of medium access technique to use by the node for transmission of the at least one packet; when the characteristic is determined to be a second condition, determining, by the node, a size of the at least one packet, and based on the size of the at least one packet, determining which of the plurality of medium access technique to use by the node for transmission of the at least one packet; when the characteristic is determined to be the first condition and the size of the at least one packet is at or above a certain size, determining, by the node, which of a first medium access technique or a second medium access technique to use by the node for transmission of the at least one packet based on another characteristic of the at least one packet; and when the characteristic is determined to be the first condition and the size of the at least one packet is below the certain size, determining, by the node, which of the first medium access technique or a third medium access technique to use by the node for transmission of the at least one packet based on the another characteristic of the at least one packet, wherein the another characteristic is an inter-arrival time of the at least one packet.