Media access control for ultra-wide band communication

摘要

Media access control is provided for an ultra-wide band medium. The media access control may employ a peer-to-peer network topology. The media access control may employ a reduced addressing scheme. Concurrent ultra-wide band channels may be established through the use of a pulse division multiple access channelization scheme. Multiple media access control states may be defined whereby each state may be associated with one or more of different channel parameter state information, different duty cycles, and different synchronization status.

主权项

1. A media access control method, comprising:
providing access via peer-to-peer media access control that is configured to establish concurrent first and second ultra-wide band channels, wherein the first ultra-wide band channel is defined by substantially periodic pulses having first constant pulse-to-pulse delays, wherein the second ultra-wide band channel is defined by substantially periodic pulses having second constant pulse-to-pulse delays, the first constant pulse-to-pulse delays being different than the second constant pulse-to-pulse delays, wherein substantially all pulses of the first ultra-wide band channel are transmitted at different times than pulses of the second ultra-wide band channel; and processing signals associated with at least one of the first and second ultra-wide band channels.