Wireless ad-hoc network formation
First Claim
1. A wireless communications system comprising at least two piconets, each piconet comprising a plurality of wireless communications devices in direct communication with other devices within the same piconet, wherein the system comprises a bridging device capable of simultaneously communicating with communications devices in two separate piconets, the bridging device being capable of routing communications traffic from communications devices in the first of the two piconets to communications devices in the second of the two piconets.
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Abstract
A wireless communications system comprising at least two piconets, each piconet comprising a plurality of wireless communications devices in direct communication with other devices within the same piconet, wherein the system comprises a bridging device capable of simultaneously communicating with communications devices in two separate piconets, the bridging device being capable of routing communications traffic from communications devices in the first of the two piconets to communications devices in the second of the two piconets
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16 Claims
- 1. A wireless communications system comprising at least two piconets, each piconet comprising a plurality of wireless communications devices in direct communication with other devices within the same piconet, wherein the system comprises a bridging device capable of simultaneously communicating with communications devices in two separate piconets, the bridging device being capable of routing communications traffic from communications devices in the first of the two piconets to communications devices in the second of the two piconets.
- 6. A bridging communications device for use in a wireless communications system comprising two or more piconets, each piconet comprising a number of wireless communications devices wherein devices within a particular piconet are in direct wireless communication with other devices within the same piconet, the bridging device comprising means for communicating with a first piconet in the system and means for communicating with a second piconet in the system wherein the bridging device is capable of routing communications traffic from devices in the first piconet to devices in the second piconet.
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8. A method of dividing an ad-hoc wireless network comprising a plurality of wireless communications devices from a single original piconet into two piconets comprising the steps of:
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i) Evaluating the network and deciding that network efficiency may be increased by dividing the original piconet and separating a number of communications devices into a further piconet ii) initiating the creation of the further piconet iii) inviting communications devices identified in step (i) to join the further piconet (iv) associating the devices in identified in step (i) with the further piconet wherein communications devices in the further piconet and communications devices remaining in the original piconet are in communication with one another via a wireless bridging communications device, the bridging device being capable of simultaneously communicating with communications devices in the two piconets. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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