发明名称 Frame synchronization with acknowledgment timeout in wireless networks
摘要 A wireless local area network (WLAN) includes a first device and a second device. The first device sends a first frame including a first transmission indicator, which indicates that a service interval is to begin at a certain time. The second device sends an acknowledgement from the second device to the first device indicating receipt of the first transmission indicator. The first device sends a second frame including another first transmission indicator if, after a prescribed time period, the acknowledgement is not received by the first device. The first device also sends a last transmission indicator, which indicates that the service period will end at a certain time. The WLAN and its method of use provide synchronicity between the first and second devices as to the beginning and the end of a service period.
申请公布号 US9439105(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.09.06
申请号 US200410547727 申请日期 2004.03.02
申请人 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 发明人 Soomro Amjad
分类号 G08C17/00;H04W28/24;H04L1/18;H04W56/00;H04W52/02 主分类号 G08C17/00
代理机构 代理人 Liberchuk Larry
主权项 1. A method of transmitting frames from a first device of a wireless local area network (WLAN) to a second device of the WLAN, the method comprising: sending, by the first device, a first frame to the second device, the first frame including a first transmission indicator using a frame bit set in a Quality of Service (QoS) control field frame indicating that a service period is to begin at a first certain time; sending, by the first device, a second frame to the second device, the second frame including another first transmission indicator using a frame bit set in the QoS control field frame indicating that the service period is to begin at a second certain time when, after a prescribed time period, an acknowledgement of receipt of the first frame is not received by the first device, the second certain time being later than the first certain time; sending, by the first device, a last frame to the second device, the last frame including a last transmission indicator using another frame bit in the QoS control field; terminating, by the first device, the service period, when an acknowledgment of receipt of the last frame is received; and when an acknowledgement of receipt of the last frame is not received after a prescribed time period, terminating, by the first device, the service period, when a maximum service duration time has expired.
地址 Eindhoven NL