Patent ID: 8654713
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A radio communication device that manages an ad-hoc wireless network, comprising: a processor for acquiring management information for an ad-hoc network in which the radio communication device participates; allocating reception regions specific to each of a plurality of other radio communication devices participating in the network according to the management information; setting a radio frame cycle for the network; and transmitting allocation information to the other radio communication devices in the form of a beacon signal transmitted at the start of the radio frame cycle, the transmitted allocation information including at least information indicative of reception regions for the other radio communication devices in the network, wherein for each device a plurality of device-specific access slots and at least one broadcast slot are allocated within a contention access period of the frame cycle such that at least two of the device-specific access slots are temporally separated by the at least one broadcast slot, and each device performs transmission processing operation utilizing device-specific access slots which are allocated to destinations of transmission.