The present invention provides methods and device for managing resources in a wireless communication network. In one embodiment, a MAC superframe format for a wireless communication network includes a beacon frame including beacon information for synchronizing devices in the wireless communication network and defining structure of the MAC superframe, where the beacon information includes superframe structure information and synchronization information. The MAC superframe format also includes at least one multi-node connection frame substantially following the beacon frame and having device specific information and network specific information for allocating resources to one or more of the devices and/or providing network configuration parameters to the devices.