STOCHASTIC BEACON TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF

摘要

A stochastical beacon transmission method and an apparatus thereof are provided to remove a lasting beacon collision, generated in a hard time beacon scheme, with a very small overhead. A communication device selects one among W consecutive superframes. In starting each of the W consecutive superframes, the communication device, if a superframe to start is not the selected superframe, starts the superframe without transmitting a beacon at the first time period of the superframe. At the first time period of the selected superframe, the communication device transmits a beacon. In selecting one among the W consecutive superframes, the communication device stochastically selects it.