TECHNIQUES FOR SUPPORTING HARMONIZED CO-EXISTENCE OF MULTIPLE CO-LOCATED BODY AREA NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A method (400) for coordinating access to a wireless medium among multiple co-located body area networks (BANs), comprising,detecting, by a master device of a first BAN, at least one alien BAN using beacons received from at least one co-located BAN, wherein an alien BAN is a BAN where a round start time (RST) is misaligned with a RST of the first BAN (S410);
- recording a RST offset between the first BAN and the at least one alien BAN (S420);
based on the RST offset, determining which of the first BAN and the at least one alien BAN is an initiator BAN and which is a target BAN (S430); and
realigning the RST of the initiator BAN with the RST of the target BAN (S460).
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Abstract
A method (400) for coordinating access to a wireless medium among multiple co-located body area networks (BANs). The method comprises detecting, by a master device of a first BAN, at least one alien BAN using beacons received from at least one co-located BAN, wherein an alien BAN is a BAN having its round start time (RST) misaligned with a RST of the first BAN (S410); recording a RST offset between the first BAN and the at least one alien BAN (S420); based on the RST offset determining which of the first BAN and the at least one alien BAN is an initiator BAN and which is a target BAN (S430); and realigning the RST of the initiator BAN with the RST of the target BAN (S460).
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15 Claims
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1. A method (400) for coordinating access to a wireless medium among multiple co-located body area networks (BANs), comprising,
detecting, by a master device of a first BAN, at least one alien BAN using beacons received from at least one co-located BAN, wherein an alien BAN is a BAN where a round start time (RST) is misaligned with a RST of the first BAN (S410); -
recording a RST offset between the first BAN and the at least one alien BAN (S420); based on the RST offset, determining which of the first BAN and the at least one alien BAN is an initiator BAN and which is a target BAN (S430); and realigning the RST of the initiator BAN with the RST of the target BAN (S460). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable code, when executed, causing a processor to perform a process of coordinating access to a wireless medium among multiple co-located body area networks (BANs), the process comprising,
detecting, by a master device of a first BAN, at least one alien BAN using beacons received from at least one co-located BAN, wherein an alien BAN is a BAN where a round start time (RST) is misaligned with a RST of the first BAN (S410); -
recording a RST offset between the first BAN and the at least one alien BAN (S420); based on the RST offset, determining which of the first BAN and the at least one alien BAN is an initiator BAN and which is a target BAN (S430); and realigning the RST of the initiator BAN with the RST of the target BAN (S460).
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