Method, apparatus and system to manage distributed channel access with time reservation

摘要

A method, apparatus and system to manage distributed channel access with time reservation are generally presented. In this regard, a reservation agent is introduced to reserve access to a wireless network channel for an amount of time greater than necessary to transmit to another station(s) and to transmit to the other station(s).

主权项

1. A wireless communication station (STA) arranged to operate in a network in which channel access is controlled by network allocation vectors (NAVs), the wireless communication station comprising a wireless network interface arranged to:
transmit data frames to one or more other wireless communication stations during a duration of a reservation; receive acknowledgements of the data frames from the one or more other wireless communication stations during the duration of the reservation; determine whether unused time remaining in the reservation is sufficient for transmission of an end frame; and transmit the end frame within the duration after receipt of the acknowledgements of the frames when the unused time remaining in the reservation is sufficient to transmit the end frame.