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Multicast and broadcast data transmission in a short-range wireless communications network

  • US 20060018319A1
  • Filed: 07/20/2004
  • Published: 01/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method, comprising:

  • (a) establishing a short-range wireless communications network, the short-range wireless communications network including multiple slave devices, and a master device configured to control operations of the short-range wireless communications network;

    (b) initiating a multicast group, the multicast group including at least two slave devices of the multiple slave devices, wherein an address is reserved for multicast communications within the multicast group;

    (c) sending multicast data to the at least two slave devices using the reserved address;

    (d) receiving an acknowledgement of received multicast data from at least one slave device of the at least two slave devices, the acknowledgement including an indication that the at least one slave device has data to transmit; and

    (e) receiving data from the at least one slave device, wherein said data includes a destination indicator.

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