Method for controlling operation of a child or neighbor network
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Abstract
A wireless network is provided that uses pseudo-static time slots. These time slots remain fixed in time unless and until a network controller specifically changes them and the network controller subsequently receives confirmation of the change. Times and durations of the pseudo-static time slots are only changed in small steps as each relevant device in the network acknowledges the step. To aid in allowing full coverage even during a change of active devices, when a transmitter and receiver are moved to a new time slot, the receiver is set to listen to both the old and the new time slots until the transmitter confirms that it has made the switch.
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53 Claims
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34. A method for a secondary controller device to control operation of a secondary network adjacent to a primary network, comprising:
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receiving a primary beacon transmitted by a primary controller device in the primary network, the primary beacon defining a primary superframe and identifying a plurality of primary guaranteed time slots within the primary superframe; and
transmitting a secondary beacon in an assigned time slot selected from the plurality of primary guaranteed time slots, the secondary beacon defining a secondary superframe and identifying a plurality of secondary guaranteed time slots within the assigned time slot. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method for a secondary controller device to control operation of a secondary network adjacent to a primary network, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of primary beacons transmitted by a primary controller device in the primary network, the plurality of primary beacons defining a plurality of primary superframes, respectively, and identifying a plurality of primary guaranteed time slots within each of the plurality of primary superframes; and
transmitting a plurality of secondary beacons in respective primary superframes, each of the plurality of secondary beacons being transmitted in an assigned time slot selected from the plurality of primary guaranteed time slots in a corresponding primary superframe, each of the plurality of secondary beacons defining a corresponding secondary superframe, and identifying a plurality of secondary guaranteed time slots within the corresponding secondary superframe. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method for a secondary controller device to control operation of a secondary network adjacent to a primary network, comprising:
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receiving a primary beacon transmitted by a primary controller device in the primary network, the primary beacon defining a primary superframe and identifying a primary contention access period within the primary superframe; and
transmitting a secondary beacon in the primary contention access period, the secondary beacon defining a secondary superframe and identifying a secondary contention access period within the primary contention access period, wherein the secondary superframe takes up less than all of the primary contention access period. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53)
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