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Title:
ARQ MAC FOR AD-HOC COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003105389
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system and method for a media access control (MAC) algorithm with separate operation modes for good channel and bad channel communication. Variables, including channel vector values transmitted in request-to-send/clear-to-send (RTS/CTS) messages (102-1 and 106), are varied depending on channel mode, resulting in optimized system throughput. In a first mode, the present invention provides a system and method to estimate a channel vector length (102-1), and communicate the length to a first node and any associated groups of nodes receiving the RTS/CTS sequence. In a second mode, a maximum channel vector length is used (106), as retransmissions are less probable in good channels.

Inventors:
ALAPURANEN PERTTI O (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/017248
Publication Date:
April 08, 2004
Filing Date:
June 04, 2003
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Assignee:
MESHNETWORKS INC (US)
ALAPURANEN PERTTI O (US)
International Classes:
H04L1/00; H04L1/18; H04L1/20; H04L12/56; H04L12/28; H04W24/00; H04W28/04; H04W28/18; H04W74/00; H04W84/18; (IPC1-7): H04J3/16; H04L12/413
Foreign References:
US5231634A1993-07-27
US5844905A1998-12-01
US6349210B12002-02-19
US6404756B12002-06-11
US6522650B12003-02-18
Other References:
See also references of EP 1510027A4
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