SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENTION-BASED CHANNEL ACCESS FOR PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

摘要

A system and method for wireless communication is disclosed. A system in accordance with the present invention includes wireless devices, wherein the wireless devices can form a peer-to-peer link by contention-based channel access, the wireless devices competing for time to access a wireless channel . The system may include first and second wireless devices each having a directional antenna system. The first wireless device repeatedly detects whether the channel is idle in each of the different directions for each of the different slot time intervals to determine whether the wireless channel is available for forming a peer-Can be determined. The first wireless device may sequentially transmit a plurality of requests in each of the different directions to form a link with the second wireless device. The second wireless device may sequentially transmit a plurality of responses in respective different directions to form a link with the first wireless device.;