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Method and apparatus for coordinating a wireless PAN network and a wireless LAN network

  • US 9,913,215 B2
  • Filed: 01/05/2015
  • Issued: 03/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of communicating between devices of a personal area network (PAN) using a wireless medium that is shared with a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:

  • obtaining access to the wireless medium for a PAN coordinator device, wherein access to the wireless medium is allocated to the PAN coordinator device;

    signaling a reservation of the wireless medium by the PAN coordinator device, such that other WLAN devices receiving the signaling defer use of the wireless medium for a reservation period, the reservation being signaled by the PAN coordinator device using one or more frames of a PAN protocol that are at least partially understandable by the other WLAN devices, wherein the WLAN is an 802.1 lx network and the one or more frames of the PAN protocol are 802.1 lx frames directed to a PAN device and include in a header of the frames, an increased duration field; and

    communicating, using the PAN protocol, between the PAN coordinator device and a PAN device over the wireless medium during the reservation period.

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