Data transfer method for a bluetooth scatternet

• US 7,209,471 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2003
• Issued: 04/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Technology Advancement
• Inventors: Hong, Alexander T. P.
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DANH C
• Application Number:
  US10/434,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20040223475A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,446 Days
• Field of Search: 370/349, 370/338, 370/254, 455/41.2, 455/419, 709/208, 709/228
• US Class Current: 370/349
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/14 using intermediate storage
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A data transfer method transfers data between two bluetooth devices located in a bluetooth scatternet. The Upper Layer PDU to be transferred is divided into a group of packets which are suitable for baseband transmission. According to a link path table, a group of link identifications of the target device is selected. A link field length, link number and multiple link ID fields of the selected group of link identifications and bluetooth header are added into data packets. A dedicate link associated with link ID1 field of present transmitting data packet and transmitter queue which corresponding to the link is used to transfer the packet through baseband, radio frequency into wireless channel.

Claims

1. A data transfer method for transferring data between two bluetooth devices located in a bluetooth scatternet, the bluetooth devices having an inter-link layer between a logical link control and adaptation protocol layer and a baseband driver layer, the inter-link layer comprising multiple transmitter queues, a receiver queue and a link path table, the multiple transmitter queues corresponding to relative links on the bluetooth device, the link path table having multiple link identifications, each having a link field length, a link number and multiple link ID fields, the method comprising:

(A) dividing data packet by a segmentation &

reassembly unit of the logical link control and adaptation protocol layer into a group of packets which are suitable for baseband transmission;

(B) according to the link path table, selecting a group of link identifications of a target device;

(C) adding the link field length, link number and multiple link ID fields of the selected group of link identifications and bluetooth header into data packets; and

(D) using the link and transmitter queue which corresponding to the link ID1 field of present transmitting data packet to transfer the packet through baseband and radio-frequency into wireless channel.

2. The data transfer method for transferring data between two bluetooth devices as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

(E) receiving data packet via the wireless channel, radio-frequency and baseband for the bluetooth device that located in the scatternet;

(F) un-packing and checking the received data packet for determining whether the device is destination of the received data packet; and

(G) assembling the data packet by the segmentation &

reassembly unit of the logical link control and adaptation protocol layer to re-construct original Upper Layer PDU for being sent to upper layers.

3. The data transfer method for transferring data between two bluetooth devices as claimed in claim 2, wherein when step (F) determines that the device is not the destination of the received data packet, the following steps are executed:

(H) decreasing the link number field by one;

(I) discarding the first link identification (Link ID1);

(J) shifting left the remaining link identification fields by one field;

(K) filling value of 0b1111 into the n-th link identification field;

(L) adding the link field length, link number and multiple link ID fields of the present combination of link identifications and bluetooth header into data packets header; and

(M) choosing a link associated with Link ID1 field of present transmitting data packet and corresponding transmitter queue to transmit the packet to a baseband driver.