Wireless personal area networks with rotation of frequency hopping sequences
First Claim
1. A method of wireless communication that comprises:
- receiving a beacon frame that specifies a rotation sequence and a hopping sequence;
missing a subsequent beacon frame; and
using the rotation sequence and hopping sequence received previously to determine a current frequency hopping sequence for a current superframe following the missed beacon frame.
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Abstract
Wireless personal area networks with frequency hopping and rotation of the frequency hopping sequences. In one embodiment, a method of wireless communication is provided, the method including: transmitting a beacon frame by a piconet coordinator that specifies a rotation index and hopping index; receiving a beacon frame by a device associated with or to be associated with the piconet coordinator; extracting the rotation index and hopping index by the MAC of the recipient device and communicating them to the PHY for transmission and reception in a current superframe; missing a subsequent beacon frame by a recipient device; and using the rotation index and hopping index previously received to determine a current frequency hopping sequence for a current superframe following the missed beacon frame.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of wireless communication that comprises:
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receiving a beacon frame that specifies a rotation sequence and a hopping sequence;
missing a subsequent beacon frame; and
using the rotation sequence and hopping sequence received previously to determine a current frequency hopping sequence for a current superframe following the missed beacon frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of wireless communication that comprises:
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coordinating a series of superframes, wherein the coordinating includes transmitting a beacon for each superframe, wherein each beacon indicates a frequency hopping sequence to be used for communications during that superframe, and wherein each beacon specifies a rotation sequence indicative of frequency hopping sequences that will be used for communications in subsequent superframes; and
using the frequency hopping sequence for each superframe to receive any frames other than the beacon during that superframe. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A piconet member device that comprises:
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an antenna;
a processor coupled to the antenna to receive and transmit piconet communications; and
a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores software that configure the processor to;
detect beacon frames in the received piconet communications, wherein the beacon frames delineate piconet superframes; and
obtain from the beacon frames a rotation sequence for frequency hopping sequences. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A piconet coordinator device that comprises:
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an antenna; and
a processor coupled to the antenna to receive and transmit piconet communications, wherein the processor is configured to;
transmit beacon frames that delineate piconet superframes, wherein each beacon frame includes a field that specifies a rotation sequence for frequency hopping sequences, and further includes a field that indicates a frequency hopping sequence to be used in an associated superframe. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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