摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for controlling access to a wireless medium in a network.SOLUTION: The invention provides a method (600) for controlling access to a wireless medium in a network. The method comprises dividing an access time to the wireless medium into fixed and repeated time rounds (300), where each time round includes a plurality of superframes (310) and each superframe includes a fixed number of time slots (420) (S610); allocating a global beacon period (530) within a time round (S620); and reserving subframes within each superframe (300), where master devices can access the wireless medium at least during the reserved subframes (S630).</p> |