Patent ID: 7366178
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating data packets over a period of time in a wireless communications network, the wireless communications network comprising a plurality of nodes for transmitting data packets to and receiving data packets from other ones of said plurality of nodes, the plurality of nodes comprising at least a first subset of said nodes and a second subset of said nodes wherein said first subset of said nodes and said second subset of said nodes are disjoint sets, the period of time being divided into a plurality of non-overlapping time slots, the method comprising the steps of: (a) transmitting, during a first one of said time slots, one or more of said data packets from one or more of said nodes in said first subset of said nodes, each of said data packets transmitted from said nodes in said first subset of nodes being transmitted to and being received by one of said nodes in said second subset of nodes, wherein (b) transmitting, during a second one of said time slots subsequent to said first one of said time slots, one or more of said data packets from one or more of said nodes in said second subset of said nodes, each of said data packets transmitted from said nodes in said second subset of nodes being transmitted to and being received by one of said nodes in said first subset of nodes, wherein