AD-HOC ESTABLISHED DEVICE NETWORK
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Abstract
In an ad-hoc established device network, a profile based handover of the network control functionality is performed whenever a new device requests association with the network and the central controller does not support the profile of the new device. A database is searched for a controller-capable device that supports both the profiles of the network devices and the profile of the new device. The former central controller passes the control functionality to the controller-capable device, which becomes the new central controller. Thus it is possible to associate the new device with the net work. The invention allows to integrate devices supporting different profiles into a common network.
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1. (canceled)
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2. :
- A method for associating a new device with an ad-hoc established device network comprising a central controller and a set of terminal devices, comprising;
checking whether the central controller supports the transmission profile of a new device which requests association, wherein the transmission profile indicates all transmission and connection related parameters that are mandatory for the new device; in case the transmission profile of the new device is not supported, performing a handover of a functionality to a terminal device which is capable of acting as a controller and which supports both the transmission profiles of the network devices and the transmission profile of the new device in order to establish said terminal device as the new central controller. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16)
- A method for associating a new device with an ad-hoc established device network comprising a central controller and a set of terminal devices, comprising;
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- A central controller for controlling a set of terminal devices in an ad-hoc established device network, comprising;
a checking unit configured to check whether the central controller supports the transmission profile of a new terminal device which is to be associated with the network, wherein the transmission profile indicates all transmission and connection related parameters that are mandatory for the new device, and for searching for a terminal device which is capable of acting as a controller and which supports both the transmission profiles of the network devices and the transmission profile of the new device, a handover unit configured to perform a handover of the control functionality to a controller-capable terminal device in case the central controller is not capable of supporting the transmission profile of said new terminal device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
- A central controller for controlling a set of terminal devices in an ad-hoc established device network, comprising;
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