Patent ID: 7385999
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating over a network of nodes using a plurality of broadcast channels, each channel configured to facilitate the transmission and reception of data during cycles of time, the method comprising: dividing each cycle of time into discrete time frames; dividing each time frame into a plurality of slots; designating one of the plurality of broadcast channels as a common bootstrap channel; each node in the network configured to broadcast, to other nodes within one hop of said node, on the common bootstrap channel during a first bootstrap slot, slot assignment information relating to any broadcast channel; assigning each node to communicate over a broadcast channel that is one of the plurality of broadcast channels; each node broadcasting, on its assigned channel during a second dynamically assigned bootstrap slot, slot assignment information relating to the assigned broadcast channel only to other nodes within one hop of said node and on said assigned channel; and each node communicating according to the slot assignment information.