Patent ID: 8457097

Claim:
An wireless node comprising: at least one processor; and at least one computer-readable storage device, the at least one computer-readable storage device comprising computer-executable code that, when executed by the at least one processor, is configured to cause the wireless node to: determine that a first reserved retransmission frame overlaps with a second reserved transmission frame and a second reserved retransmission frame and that the second reserved transmission frame overlaps with a first reserved transmission frame and the first reserved retransmission frame, wherein: the first reserved transmission frame and the first reserved retransmission frame are reserved for wireless communication with a first master node, and the second reserved transmission frame and the second reserved retransmission frame are reserved for wireless communication with a second master node; process and acknowledge data received from the first master node during the first reserved transmission frame based on the determining; ignore data sent by the second master node during the second reserved transmission frame based on the determining; and process and acknowledge data received from the second master node during the second reserved retransmission frame based on the determining.