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Apparatus and method for extending Bluetooth device range

  • US 8,983,384 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2012
  • Issued: 03/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for extending Bluetooth device range, comprising:

  • a Bluetooth range extender device implementing at least two Bluetooth communication profiles such that the Bluetooth range extender device implements a first role to a first standard Bluetooth communication device and implements a second role to a second standard Bluetooth communication device;

    wherein the first role is implemented over a first Bluetooth communication link at a profile level and the second role is implemented over a second Bluetooth communication link at the profile level;

    wherein the first Bluetooth communication link is a first piconet and the second Bluetooth communication link is a second piconet;

    wherein the first role and the second role are implemented using separate Bluetooth transceivers, which allows the first Bluetooth communication link and the second Bluetooth communication link to be independently modified comprising techniques chosen from customizing automatic frequency hopping (AFH) for each of the first Bluetooth communication link and the second Bluetooth communication link, managing transmit power control independently for the first Bluetooth communication link and the second Bluetooth communication link, and locating the first standard Bluetooth communication device and the second Bluetooth communication device in proximity to the Bluetooth range extender device so as to consume less power in any of the first standard Bluetooth communication device and the second Bluetooth communication device than if the first standard Bluetooth communication device and the second Bluetooth communication device were directly connected.

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