Mobile ad hoc network with dynamic TDMA slot assignments and related methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8942197
APP PUB NO 20130100942A1
SERIAL NO

13279651

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A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) may include mobile nodes, each having a wireless transceiver and a controller cooperating with wireless transceiver. The controller may be configured to operate in a geographic area using a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol and based upon a TDMA epoch including TDMA time slots. The controller may also be configured to dynamically divide into first type mobile nodes and second type mobile nodes based upon a current topologic density in the topologic area relative to a topological density threshold so that each first type mobile node has a periodic TDMA time slot allocated in the TDMA epoch and so that each second type mobile node contends for contention interval TDMA time slots in the TDMA epoch.

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STINGRAY IP SOLUTIONS LLC6136 FRISCO SQ BLVD SUITE 400 FRISCO TX 75034

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Clark, David Brighton, US 167 2441
Datz, Charles Joseph Victor, US 1 74
Pun, Ngan-cheung San Diego, US 12 411
Rudnick, William Michael Pittsford, US 5 310

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