Patent ID: 7639709

Claim:
A method for broadcast slot conflict resolution comprising: receiving a first broadcast slot utilization announcement from a first node during a first timeslot via multiple frequencies on a time multiplex basis; receiving a second broadcast slot utilization announcement from a second node during a second timeslot via multiple frequencies on a time multiplex basis, said first node and said second node being spatially isolated and not in communication, and said first broadcast slot utilization announcement being substantially similar to said second broadcast slot utilization announcement; determining individual node identifier information for said first node and said second node by a third node; said third node prioritizing said first node and said second node; selecting one of said first node and said second node for utilization of a broadcast slot by said third node after a bootstrap slot has passed for said third node; broadcasting a conflict resolution message to said first node and said second node in a slot header of a first available broadcast slot of said third node, said conflict resolution message granting permission of said selected node to transmit in said broadcast slot; and locating an alternate broadcast slot for transmission for the unselected of said first node and second node.