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A wireless Local Area Network (LAN) includes a repeater which a) synchronizes interface adapters for portable end-user devices and b) retransmits data signals received which retimes and retransmits data signals received from these end-user devices that gain, one at a time, the exclusive right to tra

A wireless Local Area Network (LAN) includes a repeater which a) synchronizes interface adapters for portable end-user devices and b) retransmits data signals received which retimes and retransmits data signals received from these end-user devices that gain, one at a time, the exclusive right to transmit those signals during a given transmission time subframe by contending for access to the LAN resources that are auctioned off to permit LAN resource utilization that is independent of traffic load and that is implemented in a near collision-free environment.

대표청구항 ▼

A wireless local area network for exchanging data between a plurality of end-user devices, comprising a plurality of adapters each one of said adapters being coupled to respective one of said end-user devices, and being arranged such that in response to a request from more than one of said end-user

A wireless local area network for exchanging data between a plurality of end-user devices, comprising a plurality of adapters each one of said adapters being coupled to respective one of said end-user devices, and being arranged such that in response to a request from more than one of said end-user devices for resources of said local area network, said adapters cooperate to allocate said resources to a particular one of said end-user-devices only when said particular one of said end-user devices is a sole winner of an auction among said more than one of said end-user devices requesting access to said resources; and a repeater which receives data signals from said particular one of said end-user devices which won said auction and which broadcasts said received data signals to said end-user devices.