Patent ID: 8149726

Claim:
A method for managing wireless communication in a network by a network coordinator, the network including the network coordinator, a plurality of network nodes, and a plurality of subscriber stations, comprising: receiving, by the network coordinator, delay data associated with one or more transmission paths, wherein each of the one or more transmission paths includes at least one of the plurality of network nodes; calculating, for each of the one or more transmission paths, a total transmission path delay; calculating, for each of the one or more transmission paths, target delay data based on the total transmission path delay; sending, by the network coordinator, the target delay data along each of the one or more transmission paths; receiving, by the at least one of the plurality of network nodes, from at least one of the network coordinator or one or more upstream network nodes, target delay data; forwarding, by the at least one of the plurality of network nodes, to one or more downstream network nodes, the target delay data; and transmitting, by the network coordinator, a message along each of the one or more transmission paths, wherein the message is transmitted over an access link.