Amazon.com, Inc.
Packets with header replicas for contention resolution in communications systems

Abstract:

Techniques for improving the packet error rate associated with the processing of packets are described. In an example, a system receives a first packet in a first slot of a frame and a second packet in a second slot of the frame. The first packet includes a first header and a replica of the first header. The first header indicates that the first packet is associated with the second packet. The system generates a second header based at least in part on the first header and the replica. The second header indicates an association with the second packet. The system generates a third packet that includes the second header and performs, based at least in part on the third packet, a contention resolution process on packets associated with slots of the frame.