System And Method For Ad Hoc Network Access Employing The Distributed Election Of A Shared Transmission Schedule

Tech ID: 10196 / UC Case 2000-383-0

BACKGROUND

Many scheduling algorithms for time division multiple access (TDMA) have proposed to achieve collision-free transmissions of data frames within each time-slot of a single communication channel in multi-hop packet radio networks. A scheduled-access approach consists of establishing transmission schedules in a way that eliminates collisions and achieves efficient spatial reuse of the available bandwidth. Efficient scheduling with channel reuse can render much higher channel utilization than such fixed assignment approaches as TDMA and frequency division multiple access (FDMA).

DESCRIPTION

Scientists at the University of California have developed a novel collision-free medium access control (MAC) protocol that resolves contentions for time division multiple access (TDMA) to a single communication channel.

APPLICATIONS

This new invention has several applications in wireless networks.

ADVANTAGES

REFER ALSO TO UC CASES 2000-303, 2000-311, 2000-314, 2000-349 THROUGH 356, 2000-360, 2000-380, 2000-383 THROUGH 385

Patent Status

Country	Type	Number	Dated	Case
United States Of America	Issued Patent	7,046,639	05/16/2006	2000-383

Inventors

Bao, Lichun
Garcia-Luna-Aceves, Jose Joaquin(JJ

Other Information

Categorized As

Communications
- Other
Computer
- Software

Related cases

2000-383-0

Contact

University of California, Santa Cruz Office for Management of Intellectual Property / technology@ucsc.edu / tel: View Phone Number. Please reference Tech ID #10196.

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