Multi-mode mobile networking device
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1. A method of establishing a mobile ad hoc network between a plurality of mobile network devices, the method comprising:
- broadcasting a control signal through a wireless communications interface from a first mobile network device, the control signal simultaneously broadcast in a plurality of communications formats, the control signal including requirements of a communications protocol;
wherein the first mobile network device receives a response signal in a format selected from the plurality of communications formats, and configures the wireless communications interface to communicate in the format selected from the plurality of communications formats.
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Abstract
Establishing a mobile ad-hoc network between mobile network devices may include transmitting a signal from a first mobile network device using a plurality of communications formats. One or more other mobile network devices may receive the broadcast signal, select a communications format from the plurality of communications formats and respond to the signal using the selected communications format.
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1. A method of establishing a mobile ad hoc network between a plurality of mobile network devices, the method comprising:
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broadcasting a control signal through a wireless communications interface from a first mobile network device, the control signal simultaneously broadcast in a plurality of communications formats, the control signal including requirements of a communications protocol; wherein the first mobile network device receives a response signal in a format selected from the plurality of communications formats, and configures the wireless communications interface to communicate in the format selected from the plurality of communications formats. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a first mobile network device comprising a processor and a wireless communications interface, causes the first mobile network device to perform operations comprising:
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broadcasting a control signal, the control signal simultaneously broadcast in a plurality of communications formats, the control signal including requirements of a communications protocol; receiving a response signal from a responding network device, the response signal broadcast in a format selected from the plurality of communications formats; and configuring the wireless communications interface to communicate with the responding network device in the format selected from the plurality of communications formats. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A first mobile network device for establishing a mobile ad-hoc network, the first mobile network device comprising:
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a processor and a wireless communications interface; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising transmitting a control signal in a plurality of communications modes, simultaneously, the control signal including requirements of a communications protocol, receiving a response signal from a responding network device, the response signal broadcast in a format selected from the plurality of communications formats, and configuring the wireless communications interface to communicate with the responding network device in the format selected from the plurality of communications formats. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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