Patent ID: 8144675

Claim:
A wireless network, comprising: a first wireless network device; and a second wireless network device; wherein the first wireless network device comprises a first transmit circuit configured to transmit first data to the second wireless network device, a transmit counter configured to count an amount of the first data transmitted by the first transmit circuit to the second wireless network device during a predetermined monitoring interval, a first receive circuit configured to receive second data from the second wireless network device, a receive counter configured to count an amount of the second data received by the first receive circuit from the second wireless network device during the predetermined monitoring interval, and an adaptive access control circuit configured to calculate a transmit delay interval based on i) the amount of the first data counted by the transmit counter during the predetermined monitoring interval and ii) the amount of the second data counted by the receive counter during the predetermined monitoring interval, and wherein the first transmit circuit is configured to transmit transmits an access control signal representing the transmit delay interval to the second wireless network device, and wherein the second wireless network device comprises a second transmit circuit configured to transmit third data to the first wireless network device, a second receive circuit configured to receive fourth data and control signals from the first wireless network device, wherein the second receive circuit is configured to receive the access control signal from the first wireless network device, and an access control circuit configured to generate an access trigger signal at a time determined by the transmit delay interval in the access control signal, wherein the second transmit circuit is configured to transmit the third data according to the access trigger signal.