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An Adjacency Detection Protocol (ADP) whereby a node in a wireless network may collect information about its neighbors. The collected information enables the establishment of link layer connectivity between a node and its neighbors and also is useful for translating network layer addresses into link

An Adjacency Detection Protocol (ADP) whereby a node in a wireless network may collect information about its neighbors. The collected information enables the establishment of link layer connectivity between a node and its neighbors and also is useful for translating network layer addresses into link addresses. The collected information finds further use in preventing medium contention among adjacent nodes and in handling collisions.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] In a wireless packet communication network comprising a plurality of nodes, a method for preventing contention over a shared communications medium comprising the steps of:receiving, at a first node, a packet from a second node including an estimated receiver processing de

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] In a wireless packet communication network comprising a plurality of nodes, a method for preventing contention over a shared communications medium comprising the steps of:receiving, at a first node, a packet from a second node including an estimated receiver processing delay of said second node; thereafteroverhearing, at said first node, a request to send (RTS) packet sent from a third node and addressed to said second node; thereafter inhibiting transmission from said first node in response to said RTS packet for a time period, wherein said time period represents an estimate of time required at said third node to reply to said RTS packet with a clear-to-send (CTS) packet and is determined in accordance with said estimated receiver processing delay, andtransmitting said CTS packet from said third node to said second node during said time period.