公开(公告)号：US10117267B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-30

申请号：US14816512

申请日：2015-08-03

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCOPORATED

Inventor： Arvind K. Raghu ,  Ariton E. Xhafa ,  Ramanuja Vedantham ,  Xiaolin Lu

IPC: H04W72/12

Abstract: A network includes a parent node and at least one child node that is configured to communicate with the parent node via a wireless network protocol. The parent node includes a broadcast coordinator to transmit a broadcast message from the parent node to the child node at predetermined time intervals according to the wireless network protocol. A scheduler generates a scheduling packet that is communicated in the broadcast message. The scheduling packet includes a data field to instruct each child node to activate and receive data communicated from the parent node in a prescribed time slot following the broadcast message that is defined by the scheduling packet.