Wireless network and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9867215
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14702916

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A network node for a wireless network and corresponding methods for reducing collisions in a wireless network, a wireless network, a wireless sensor network and a smart building including a wireless sensor network. The network node includes a processor, memory and an antenna. The network node is operable in a promiscuous mode to: receive at least one acknowledgement, wherein each acknowledgement is an acknowledgement of a respective transmission sent by another node through the wireless network; determine, from the at least one acknowledgement, timing information relating to the timing of the respective transmission(s) sent by the other node; and use the timing information to schedule transmissions sent by the node to reduce the probability of collisions of with transmissions sent by the other node.

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NXP B VHIGHTECH CAMPUS 60 EINDHOVEN 5656AG

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Kourzanov, Petr Eindhoven, NL 10 55

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