Control system and associated method for coordinating isochronous devices accessing a wireless network

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 1.
Solution to the Problem These and other problems are solved by the present invention.
The present invention contains an apparatus and method for controlling media access that prevents collision of data transmitted by the mobile devices in the cell.
In this regard, the apparatus and method of the present invention do not require the access point to use additional protocols or programs to determine transmission times of the mobile devices.
Further, the present invention has media access control that is distributed to each mobile device rather than being centralized at the access point of the cell, and allows access by non-participating devices.
Additionally, the apparatus and method of the present invention controls media access to a wireless network that does not require extra bandwidth to be used for determining transmission times.
Also, the apparatus and method of the present invention does not require each mobile device to "hear" all other mobile devices in the cell.
In the present invention, the participating mobile devices "listen" to data transmitted from the access point.
Based on these data transmissions from the access point, the mobile devices each individually create their own time-ordered list resident in each mobile device.
Using these time-ordered lists, the mobile devices are able to determine when to transmit isochronous data to the access point without causing a collision of the isochronous data.
Finally, the present invention provides a novel method which can be utilized in any type of network whether wireless or wired.
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Summary The present invention, in a preferred embodiment, provides a wireless network having a radio frequency access point.
The wireless network also contains a plurality of mobile devices communicating with the radio frequency access point.
The mobile devices are isochronous devices.
Each of the mobile devices comprise a radio frequency transceiver that communicates with the radio frequency access point.
The radio frequency transceiver transmits and receives information from the radio frequency access point