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Link method for a bluetooth scatternet

  • US 20040223482A1
  • Filed: 05/09/2003
  • Published: 11/11/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A link method for establishing a link between two bluetooth devices located in a bluetooth scatternet, the bluetooth device including multiple link detection timers, a detection procedure timer, multiple master/slave flags, an initialization procedure executing timer, an initialization procedure trigger timer and a missing timer, the method comprising:

  • (A) a link initialization procedure for determining whether the role of this bluetooth device in a dedicated link is a slave or a master and initializing the corresponding timers when resetting or initializing a link;

    (B) a link search establishment procedure for searching all possible paths to transfer data packets and establishing a link path table; and

    (C) a link detection procedure for resuming to detect whether the link is existed or not when the corresponding link detection timer of a link expires after a pre-determined period.

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