Abstract: The invention relates to a multiple access method to a frequency band of a communication channel of a communication network with carrier sensing and collision avoidance, said frequency band being broken down into a set of sub-bands (SB0, SB1, . . . , SBi, . . . , SBn) of the communication channel, characterized in that it comprises at a source node, after it has been detected that the communication channel is available, the transmission to a destination node of several request to send messages on the communication channel (RTS NS0, RTS NS1), each of said messages being sent on a sub-band of the communication channel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multiple access method to a frequency band of a communication channel of a communication network with carrier sensing and collision avoidance, said frequency band being broken down into a set of sub-bands (SB0, SB1, . . . , SBi, . . . , SBn) of the communication channel, characterised in that it comprises at a source node, after it has been detected that the communication channel is available, the transmission to a destination node of several request to send messages on the communication channel (RTS NS0, RTS NS1), each of said messages being sent on a sub-band of the communication channel.

Abstract: A method is provided for sending a communications signal in a communications network having a plurality of nodes assuming alternating sleeping and waking states and in which a sender node executes a step of sending an initial preamble, prior to sending data to a destination node. The method includes at least one operation of a neighbor node of the sender node relaying the initial preamble, where a relaying operation corresponds to sending a preamble formed from the preamble sent during the preceding relaying operation, the preamble sent during the first relaying operation being formed from the initial preamble, and the at least one relaying operation continuing until the destination node for the data detects the sent preamble.

Abstract: A method is provided for sending a communications signal in a communications network having a plurality of nodes assuming alternating sleeping and waking states and in which a sender node executes a step of sending an initial preamble, prior to sending data to a destination node. The method includes at least one operation of a neighbor node of the sender node relaying the initial preamble, where a relaying operation corresponds to sending a preamble formed from the preamble sent during the preceding relaying operation, the preamble sent during the first relaying operation being formed from the initial preamble, and the at least one relaying operation continuing until the destination node for the data detects the sent preamble.