Apparatus for exchanging data between a central station and a plurality of wireless remote stations on a time divided commnication channel
Patent 5677909 Issued on October 14, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date: 
October 14, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
October 14, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesAdaptive hybrid multiple access protocols Wireless local area network communications system Reservation-based polling protocol for a wireless data communications network Patent #: 5297144 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 241037 filed on 05/11/1994US Classes:370/347, Multiple access (e.g., TDMA)370/461Arbitration for access between contending stationsExaminersPrimary: Olms, Douglas W.Assistant: Ton, Dang Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesH04J 003/16337 338 346 347 350 400 420 421 413 414 427 445 447 449 454 458 459 461 50 3 AbstractAn apparatus is provided for exchanging data between a central station and a plurality of wireless remote stations on a time division multiple access communication channel. The apparatus includes device for receiving access requests from remote stations of the plurality of remote stations during a first time interval under a contention based protocol and a non-contention based protocol and device for polling for data transfers during a second time period remote stations of the plurality of remote stations providing access requests under non-contention based protocols during the first time period. | |
