MAC ENHANCEMENT TO SUPPORT MULTI-PERIODIC GTS ALLOCATION FOR PERSONAL AREA NETWORK (PAN) SYSTEMS

MAC ENHANCEMENT TO SUPPORT MULTI-PERIODIC GTS ALLOCATION FOR PERSONAL AREA NETWORK (PAN) SYSTEMS

A personal area network (PAN) coordinator (26) of a medical body area network (MBAN) (36) allocates multi-periodic guaranteed time slots (GTSs) to sensor devices (12, 14) of the MBAN (36). The PAN coordinator (26) includes a controller (40) configured to receive a request for a multi-periodic GTS fr...

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Hauptverfasser: EVANS, David, Hillary, WANG, Dong
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Zusammenfassung:A personal area network (PAN) coordinator (26) of a medical body area network (MBAN) (36) allocates multi-periodic guaranteed time slots (GTSs) to sensor devices (12, 14) of the MBAN (36). The PAN coordinator (26) includes a controller (40) configured to receive a request for a multi-periodic GTS from a sensor device (12, 14) of the MBAN (36). The request includes a period indicating a periodicity with which the multi-periodic GTS is requested. In response to the request, the controller (40) determines a GTS allocation including a starting frame and transmits a descriptor to the sensor device (12, 14). The descriptor includes information to identify the starting frame.