Managing contention-free time allocations in a network

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United States of America

PATENT NO 7756152
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11337963

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A method and corresponding system for communicating between stations in a network are presented. The method includes providing repeated beacon transmissions from a coordinator station for coordinating transmissions among a plurality of the stations; transmitting from a first station to a second station during a time slot assigned to the first station by at least one of the beacon transmissions; and transmitting from the first station information that grants permission to the second station to transmit during at least a portion of a time slot assigned to the first station.

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  • ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.;COPPERGATE COMMUNICATIONS LTD.;SHARP CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ayyagari, Deepak Vancouver, US 44 1386
Chan, Wai Chung Vancouver, US 7 209
Gavette, Sherman Leon Camas, US 5 281
Katar, Srinivas Ocala, US 156 4241
Peponides, George M Encinitas, US 16 484
Riedel, Neal K Carlsbad, US 11 306
Wang, Min San Diego, US 844 4994
Yonge,, III Lawrence W Ocala, US 72 2142

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