Facilitating asynchronous transmissions using a protocol having asynchronous and synchronous portions

摘要

One or more repeaters enable the conveyance of both asynchronous and synchronous transmissions. This can comprise receiving, via a first carrier, a transmission from a message source that is asynchronous with respect to a time slot partitioning of the communication protocol and then, when the asynchronous transmission is received during an asynchronous source transmission portion, buffering a corresponding message until a next available synchronous time slot opportunity during the asynchronous source transmission portion and then transmitting the message via the first carrier to at least attempt to forward the message.

主权项

1. A method to facilitate conveying asynchronous transmissions from a message source to a message destination via a communications protocol having a synchronous source transmission portion and an asynchronous source transmission portion, comprising:
at a wireless repeater:
receiving, via a first carrier, a transmission comprising a message from the message source that is asynchronous with respect to a time slot partitioning of the communication protocol;when the asynchronous transmission is received during the asynchronous source transmission portion, buffering the message until a next available synchronous time slot opportunity that is reserved for transmissions of the wireless repeater, as amongst other wireless repeaters, wherein the next available synchronous time slot opportunity is reserved for transmissions of the wireless repeater as a function of an identifier identifying the wireless repeater as amongst other wireless repeaters, and wherein the next available synchronous time slot opportunity is reserved for transmissions of the wireless repeater regardless of whether the wireless repeater has a need to transmit;when buffering the message, ignoring a subsequently received transmission; andtransmitting the message via a second carrier during the next available synchronous time slot opportunity.