Wireless communication network
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    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:GB2314242B

    公开(公告)日:2000-12-20

    申请号:GB9709868

    申请日:1997-05-16

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A method of delievering data in a wireless communications network using a combination of collision sensing and collision avoiidance protocols. More precisely, if there are no hidden nodes detected in the network, a collision sensing protocol is used; however, if there are hidden nodes, then a collision avoidance protocol is used. This invention also deals with methods of determining the presence or absence of hidden nodes.

    Method of wireless communication in a network

    公开(公告)号:GB2314487A

    公开(公告)日:1997-12-24

    申请号:GB9712244

    申请日:1997-06-13

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A method of wireless communications in a network having a plurality of terminals comprises transmitting media access coordination information at a first repetition rate and other information at a second repetition rate lower than said first repetition rate. A Media Access and contention resolution scheme for using multirate wireless,/infrared communication is described. In such an environment, each physical layer frame is broken into two portions: (1) the robust header portion which contains all svmbols important to the MAC protocol and media coordination and is sent with a repetition rate Rmax where Rmax is selected in such a way that all stations within the interference environment can decode the reservation symbols with a desired probability; and (2) data symbols which are sent with a repetition rate R where R can be less than Rmax. Here R depends on the channel conditions at any destination with respect to the source station transmitting such data symbols.

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