Patent ID: 8144670

Claim:
A method of managing channel allocation for uncompressed isochronous data transmission, the method comprising: broadcasting a first superframe for a first beacon period, the first superframe comprising a control section and a data slot section; receiving a request frame from at least one wireless device belonging to a network via the control section, the request frame requesting additions of data slots for transmission of uncompressed isochronous data; transmitting a response frame to the at least one wireless device via the control section in response to the request frame; and broadcasting a second superframe for a second beacon period, the second superframe comprising information regarding data slots added to the at least one wireless device, wherein the request frame comprises a plurality of first fields, each of which keeps a record of information regarding addition of a data slot, the response frame comprises a plurality of second fields, each of which keeps a record of response information regarding addition of a data slot, wherein each of the second fields of the response frame comprises information regarding a reason the requested data slot fails to be added if the requested data slot fails to be added.