| US 7,447,180 B2 | ||
| Wireless media access method | ||
| Min-scop Jeong, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Won-soo Kim, Yongin-si (Korea, Republic of); Jong-hun Park, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of); and Seung-hwan Oh, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 11, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/55,495. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0009766 (KR), filed on Feb. 13, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0180385 A1, Aug. 18, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04B 7/216 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—335 [370/350; 455/452.2] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A wireless media access method on a wireless network synchronized by a synchronizing signal broadcast from a coordinator,
the method comprising:
a) assigning priority to a plurality of devices interconnected over the wireless network for securing wireless resources in
accordance with application characteristics of a packet to be transmitted;
b) if at least some of the devices request communication, dividing at least one slot within a superframe into a plurality
of minislots and allocating the minislots to the devices, respectively, according to the priority; and
c) inserting information about the allocated minislots in the synchronizing signal and broadcasting the information, thereby
allowing each of the devices having the allocated minislots to exclusively use the allocated minislots for data communication.
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