Method for establishing a connection and short-range radio transceivers unit

• US 20040209639A1
• Filed: 02/27/2004
• Published: 10/21/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gigaset Communications GmbH (Gigaset AG)
• Original Assignee: Gigaset Communications GmbH (Gigaset AG)
• Inventors: Scheidemann, Ernst-Wilhelm, Schwark, Uwe, Kamperschroer, Erich
• Application Number:
  US10/488,136
• Publication Number:
  US 20040209639A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/522
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/08 based on transmission power
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/246 Connectivity information discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/367 Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/50 at the moment of starting communication in a multiple access environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for establishing a connection and short-range radio transceiver unit for carrying out said method, whereby an inialisation of a first transmission power value (E2) occurs and a search for a second short-range transceiver unit in a radio coverage area (E3, F4) as determined by the first transmission power value. On finding a second short-range radio transceiver unit, storage of the characteristic information of the second short-range radio transceiver unit along with the first transmission power value is carried out (E4, E5). A comparison of the first transmission power value with a second transmission power value is then carried out (E6), whereby if equality is found the search is ended and where inequality is found the search is repeated with a modified first transmission power value (E8, E3, E4).

Claims

1. Method for establishing a connection in a short-range radio system with at least one first short-range transceiver unit for which the value of a transmission power is variable, identified by the following steps:

a) Initialization of a first transmission power value (E1, E2),

b) Searching for a second short-range transceiver in a radio coverage area (E3) determined by the first transmission power value,

c) Storage of information identifying the second short-range transceiver in connection with the first transmission power value (E4, E5),

d) Comparing the first transmission power value with a second transmission power value (E6),

e) If they are equivalent, ending the search (E7),

f) If they are not equivalent, repeating steps b) through d) with a modified first transmission power value (E8).

2. Method in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that the values of the transmission power come from a self-contained range of values.

3. Method in accordance with claim 2, characterized in that,

a) with initialization, a low value of the interval, especially the lower limit of the interval, is set as the first transmission power value (E2),

b) a higher value of the interval, especially the upper limit value of the interval, is set as the second transmission power value (E6),

c) on inequality the first transmission power value is incremented (E8).

4. Method in accordance with claim 2, characterized in that,

a) with initialization, a high value of the interval, especially the lower limit of the interval, is set as the first transmission power value (E2),

b) a low value of the interval, especially the upper limit value of the interval is set as the second transmission power value (E6),

c) on inequality the first transmission power value is decremented (E8).

5. Method in accordance with one of the previous claims, characterized in that, the first transmission power is modified using a discrete increment (E8).

6. Method in accordance with one of the previous claims, characterized in that, the discrete increment is determined by a transmission power level for which the value lies within a range of 2 dBm to 8 dBm.

7. Method in accordance with one of the previous claims, characterized in that, the short-range radio system functions in accordance with the Bluetooth Standard

8. Method in accordance with claim 7, characterized in that the search (E3) functions in accordance with the “

Inquiry”

procedure defined in the Bluetooth Standard

9. Method in accordance with one of the claims 7 or 8, characterized in that

a) a connection setup (A1 . . . A5) functions in accordance with the “

paging”

procedure defined in the Bluetooth Standard (A4), in which case

b) a Bluetooth address defined as per the Bluetooth Standard is read out from a memory as the information identifying the second short-range transceiver (A2) and also

c) the associated first transmission power value is determined and set before the beginning of the “

paging”

procedure (A3).

10. Short-range transceiver (KE), identified by

a) Means (μ

P1, BT, μ

P2) for initializing a first transmission power value,

b) Means (BT, μ

P2, SE) for searching for a second short-range transceiver in a radio coverage area determined by the first transmission power value,

c) Means (SP) for storing information to identify the second short-range transceiver in connection with the first transmission power value,

d) Means for comparing (μ

P1) the first transmission power value with a second transmission power value,

e) Means (μ

P1, BT, μ

P2) for modifying the first transmission power value which is designed in such a way that when equality is established by the comparison means (μ

P1) the search is ended, and if inequality is established the first transmission power value is modified and directed to the means (BT, μ

P2, SE) for searching.