18815991. BEACON SCHEDULING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS (TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED)
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BEACON SCHEDULING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS
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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor(s)
Ariton E. Xhafa of Plano TX (US)
Bradford James Campbell of Ann Arbor MI (US)
Srinath Hosur of Plano TX (US)
BEACON SCHEDULING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18815991 titled 'BEACON SCHEDULING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS
Original Abstract Submitted
A system and method for reducing energy consumption in a wireless network. In one embodiment, a system includes a network coordinator configured to manage access to a wireless network. The network coordinator includes a controller. The controller is configured to define a channel hopping list that specifies on which channel a beacon signal is transmitted in each slot frame of the wireless network. The controller is also configured to set a number of time slots in each slot frame based on a length of the channel hopping list. The controller is further configured to transmit a first beacon signal in each slot frame on a channel specified by the channel hopping list. The number of slots in each slot frame causes the first beacon signal to be transmitted on a same channel in each slot frame.
