Patent ID: 8483616

Claim:
A method for reducing interference between wireless terminals communicating in a MANET that covers a geographical operating region, each wireless terminal having an interference range and a detection range, each wireless terminal being operable to determine its own geographical location in the geographical operating region, the method comprising: dividing the geographical operating region of the MANET into a plurality of geographical areas; and assigning each geographical area one of a plurality of time slots during which wireless terminals located in the geographical area may transmit, such that each wireless terminal located in a geographical area transmits only during a time interval assigned to a time slot assigned to a respective geographical area, the assigning comprising: calculating a ratio R equal to the ratio of the interference range to the detection range of at least one wireless terminal; determining a number of time slots T based on the ratio R; and assigning each geographical area one of the time slots T, and the time slots being assigned such that a wireless terminal located anywhere in a geographical area having a given time slot may not interfere with a wireless terminal located in another geographical area having the same time slot.