DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL

A device (200) for medium access control in a node (100) of a wireless communication network (104) with shared medium, comprising:- a registration module (202), configured to maintain in a scheduling table (203) the use of slots (300), comprising timeslots (301) and/or frequency channels (302);- an...

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Main Authors JABANDZIC, Irfan, GIANNOULIS, Spilios, MOERMAN, Ingrid
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 11.05.2022
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Summary:A device (200) for medium access control in a node (100) of a wireless communication network (104) with shared medium, comprising:- a registration module (202), configured to maintain in a scheduling table (203) the use of slots (300), comprising timeslots (301) and/or frequency channels (302);- an information exchange module (210), configured to collect slot usage information (208) indicative for the use of slots (300) by neighbour nodes (101) in the range of the node (100), this slot usage information (208) specifying use of a slot (300) for transmission by a neighbour node (101) and/or use of a slot (300) for receipt by a neighbour node (101);- a slot allocation module (201), configured to allocate a slot (300) for communication with a neighbour node (101) by consulting the scheduling table (203) in a slot allocation procedure with a neighbour node (101), resulting in an allocated slot.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20200733883