Scheduling communication frames in a wireless network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8356431
APP PUB NO 20090046675A1
SERIAL NO

12101074

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A method of scheduling communications in a multi-node wireless mesh network which has a first network device and a second network device includes defining a communication timeslot of a predetermined duration, defining a first superframe having a repeating superframe cycle including a first number of the communication timeslots, defining a second superframe having a repeating superframe cycle including a second number of the communication timeslots, aligning the first superframe with the second superframe, so that one of the timeslots of the first superframe begins simultaneously with one of the timeslots of the second superframe, and associating the first and the second superframes with a network schedule, so that the first network device and the second network device transmit data according to the network schedule.

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  • FIELDCOMM GROUP, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Blevins, Terrence L Round Rock, US 85 10542
Lennvall, Tomas P Vasteras, SE 17 2100
Nixon, Mark J Round Rock, US 267 22118
Pramanik, Robin S Karlsruhe, DE 17 2100
Pratt,, Jr Wallace A Pflugerville, US 19 1356
Rotvold, Eric D West St. Paul, US 32 3900
Zats, Yuri Menlo Park, US 7 536

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