Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hidden node counteraction in a wireless network
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Application No.: US14898631Application Date: 2013-06-19
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Publication No.: US09887896B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Leif Wilhelmsson , Thomas Nilsson , Anders Furuskar
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
- Current Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Leffler Intellectual Property Law, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/062757 WO 20130619
- International Announcement: WO2014/202134 WO 20141224
- Main IPC: H04L12/66
- IPC: H04L12/66 ; H04L12/26 ; H04L1/00 ; H04W74/08 ; H04W74/00 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
A method for an access point of a wireless local area network is disclosed for counteracting problems with hidden nodes. The method comprises, for each individual terminal of a plurality of terminals wirelessly connected to the access point, detecting whether that individual terminal is a hidden node for one or more of the other terminals of the plurality of terminals. The method further comprises requesting that individual terminal to apply RTS/CTS signaling for data to be transmitted from that individual terminal to the access point only if it is detected that said individual terminal is a hidden node. A corresponding access point is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160134506A1 HIDDEN NODE COUNTERACTION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK Public/Granted day:2016-05-12
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