WAKE-UP BROADCAST INCLUDING NETWORK INFORMATION IN COMMON DESIGNATION AD HOC WIRELESS NETWORKING
First Claim
1. In the operation of an ad hoc wireless network utilizing a data communication device as a node of the network, wherein the data communication device includes a two-way communications component and a wake-up transceiver that receives a wake-up broadcast while the two-way communications component remains in a dormant state, a method comprising:
- transmitting the wake-up broadcast comprising a data construct to one or more additional nodes of the network, wherein the data construct comprises;
a wake-up identifier of the data communication device;
a node identification; and
an encryption key,wherein the encryption key is configured to encrypt at least the wake-up identifier and the node identification.
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Abstract
A data communication device includes both a two-way communications component having a first receiver and transmitter, and a second receiver. The second receiver activates the two-way communications component from a dormant state upon receipt by the second receiver of a wake-up broadcast that includes a wake-up identifier of the data communication device. A method of providing information via the second receiver—which information is auxiliary to the wake-up of the two-way communications component—includes transmitting a wake-up broadcast capable of being received by the second receiver. The wake-up broadcast includes a data construct including a wake-up identifier and the auxiliary information. The wake-up identifier may or may not be a wake-up identifier of the data communication device. Nevertheless, the auxiliary information is received and recorded by the data communication device via the second receiver with the two-way communications component remaining in the dormant state.
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1. In the operation of an ad hoc wireless network utilizing a data communication device as a node of the network, wherein the data communication device includes a two-way communications component and a wake-up transceiver that receives a wake-up broadcast while the two-way communications component remains in a dormant state, a method comprising:
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transmitting the wake-up broadcast comprising a data construct to one or more additional nodes of the network, wherein the data construct comprises; a wake-up identifier of the data communication device; a node identification; and an encryption key, wherein the encryption key is configured to encrypt at least the wake-up identifier and the node identification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A data communication device as a node of an ad hoc wireless network, the data communication device comprising:
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a two-way communications component; a wake-up transceiver, wherein the transceiver receives a wake-up broadcast while the two-way communications component remains in a dormant state; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute instructions to; transmit the wake-up broadcast comprising a data construct to one or more additional nodes of the network, wherein the data construct comprises; a wake-up identifier of the data communication device; a node identification; and an encryption key, wherein the encryption key is configured to encrypt at least the wake-up identifier and the node identification. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A data communication device as a node of an ad hoc wireless network, the data communication device comprising:
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a two-way communications component; a wake-up transceiver, wherein the wake-up transceiver receives a wake-up broadcast while the two-way communications component remains in a dormant state; a processor; and a non-transitory processor readable medium, coupled to the processor, including instructions to; transmit the wake-up broadcast comprising a data construct to one or more additional nodes of the network, wherein the data construct comprises; a wake-up identifier of the data communication device; a node identification; and an encryption key, wherein the encryption key is configured to encrypt at least the wake-up identifier and the node identification. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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