Patent ID: 8379612
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting data in a transmitting device of a wireless network which comprises at least the transmitting device, a receiving device, and a coordinator, the method comprising: transmitting a plurality of data packets to the receiving device during a reserved channel time allocated by the coordinator, each of the plurality of data packet comprising a header, wherein each header of the plurality of data packets comprises a channel time extension (CTE) field, and wherein a CTE field of a last data packet among the plurality of data packets is set to a value to inform the receiving device whether or not the transmitting device will continue to transmit a data packet to the receiving device during an unreserved channel time, and wherein CTE fields of data packets other than the last packet among the plurality of data packets are set to “0”; and transmitting a data packet to the receiving device during the unreserved channel time if the CTE field of the last data packet is set to “1”.