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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Guoxin Xie, San Diego, CA (US);
Chikan Kwan, San Diego, CA (US);
Shawn Ding, San Diego, CA (US);
Jun Guo, San Diego, CA (US);
Yuan Zhuang, San Diego, CA (US);
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A multi-cast multi-poll scheme for BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) technology to be used by one or more mobile devices within a communication environment is disclosed. A broadcaster communication device comprises a transceiver that is configured to communicate with a plurality of recipient communication devices. The broadcaster communication device further comprises a controller that is configured to transmit a packet to the plurality of recipient communication devices and to receive, at predefined time intervals, responses from the plurality of recipient communication devices according to a pre-negotiated order without transmitting any additional packets.