Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transmitting data to and from nodes of a clustered multi-hop network with a TDMA scheme
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Application No.: US14346818Application Date: 2012-07-04
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Publication No.: US09762342B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Clemens Lombriser , Hong Linh Truong
- Applicant: Clemens Lombriser , Hong Linh Truong
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: EP11183539 20110930
- International Application: PCT/IB2012/053397 WO 20120704
- International Announcement: WO2013/046069 WO 20130404
- Main IPC: H04J3/16
- IPC: H04J3/16 ; H04W72/04 ; H04W84/18

Abstract:
A method for transmitting data to and from nodes of a multi-hop network with a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) scheme is suggested. The network is clustered into N clusters, wherein each cluster of the N clusters has at least one of the nodes. In a first step, the TDMA scheme is organized by periodic superframes. Each superframe of the periodic superframes has a number of frames including at least one broadcast frame and one collection frame for the N clusters. In a second step, one dedicated communication channel is shared by the N clusters within the broadcast frame. In a third step, N separate communication channels are used by the N clusters within the collection frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140233464A1 TRANSMITTING DATA TO AND FROM NODES OF A CLUSTERED MULTI-HOP NETWORK WITH A TDMA SCHEME Public/Granted day:2014-08-21
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