Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Smart meter media access control (MAC) for single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications
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Application No.: US13539194Application Date: 2012-06-29
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Publication No.: US09326238B2Publication Date: 2016-04-26
- Inventor: Peiman Amini , Matthew James Fischer
- Applicant: Peiman Amini , Matthew James Fischer
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Garlick & Markison
- Agent Shayne X. Short
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00 ; H04W52/02

Abstract:
Smart meter media access control (MAC) for single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. Different types of wireless communication devices may be implemented within various wireless communication systems. Some of these devices may be implemented to communicate sensing and/or measurement to one or more other devices. For example, certain devices may be implemented to perform monitoring associated with any of a number of services provided by service providers (e.g., electricity, natural gas, water, Internet access, telephone service, and/or any other service). In accordance with such sensing and/or measurement related applications, a given device need not necessarily be awake or at a fully operative state at all times. Appropriate coordination, scheduling, communication medium access, etc. among potentially many implemented devices ensures effective communication and gathering of such sensing and/or measurement related data (e.g., using one or more service period (SP) announcements, various communication medium access options, etc.).
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