System and method for the efficient control of a radio communications network
CA 2194846 A1 · Owner: Fulthorp, David A. · Inventors: Smith, Dale K.; Fulthorp, David A.; Donich, Thomas G.
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A means of optimizing throughput on a communications channel shared by multiple users. A communications channel that must be shared by a large number of devices has the potential of being very inefficient because of collisions or overlapping of transmissions by the various devices. The system combines a carrier sense, multiple access (CSMA) mode with a time division multiple access (TDMA) mode to achieve a channel utilization greater than 90 percent. The remote units send a poll request to a base station using the CSMA mode and receive a poll signal from the base station with a poll sequence. The remote units send their data in their assigned time slot. The remote units do not have to all …
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- Filed January 10, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 10, 2017.
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