Patent ID: 8831028

Claim:
A system for communication, the system comprising: a network access coordinator configured to communicate with a first node and a second node via a network backbone, wherein the network access coordinator is configured to coordinate access of the first node and the second node to the network backbone, wherein the network access coordinator is configured to receive, from the first node in a first time period, a first reservation request to transmit a first packet to the second node, wherein the network access coordinator is configured to allocate, in response to the first reservation request, a first slot in a second time period for the first node to transmit the first packet to the second node, wherein the network access coordinator is configured to receive a first reply from the second node and convey the first reply to the first node, the first reply comprising an indicator of whether the second node received the first packet, and wherein the network access coordinator is configured to receive, from the first node in a third time period, a second reservation request to retransmit the first packet to the second node based at least on a determination that the second node did not receive the first packet.