Patent ID: 8169996

Claim:
A network comprising: a backbone; a plurality of radio terminals connected to said backbone, each of said plurality of radios being configured to establish at least one two-way data communication session, and configured to delay sending a transmission when another ongoing transmission is detected, at least two of said plurality of radio terminal being located remotely from each other; a controller connected to said backbone and configured to: transmit a signal along said backbone to each of said plurality of radio terminals to determine a transmission delay, said transmission delay comprising a time to transmit from said controller to said wireless access point along said network; determine a maximum transmission delay from said transmission delays; calculate a beacon delay for each of said plurality of wireless access points using said maximum transmission delay and said transmission delays; transmit said beacon delay to each of said radio terminals; and transmit a synchronization signal along said backbone to each of said plurality of radio terminals; wherein each of said plurality of radio terminals being configured to transmit a beacon signal at the same time and on the same channel.