Efficient piconet formation and maintenance in a bluetooth...

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2011-07-12

2011-07-12

Ly, Nghi H (Department: 2617)

Multiplex communications

Communication over free space

Having a plurality of contiguous regions served by...

C370S329000, C370S338000, C455S466000, C455S422100, C455S420000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07978647

ABSTRACT:
The invention is addressing the problem of efficient formation and maintenance of piconets with assistance from the master of an already existing piconet. The master of an existing piconet initiates the formation of a new helper piconet by at least two of its slaves. One of the slaves of the existing piconet becomes the master of the newly formed helper piconet and the other slave becomes a slave of the helper piconet. This process can be used to expand the number of Bluetooth devices that can use an Internet access point. It can also be used to permit two slave devices to communicate directly with one another so as not to unnecessarily use bandwidth available through the master. Finally, the method and system could be used to provide a method of efficient hand-off from one piconet to another.

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