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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Lei Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xiaojun Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Vusthla Sunil Reddy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mohit Narang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Qiyang Wu, Fremont, CA (US);
Peter M. Agboh, Burlingame, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments include a method performed by a wireless device configured as a slave in a first piconet and configured as a master in a second piconet. The method includes determining whether the wireless device has data to transmit over the second piconet to an other wireless device, determining an availability of a full slot in a first piconet schedule, selecting a data transmission scheme based on the availability of the full slot in the first piconet schedule and transmitting the data via the second piconet to the other wireless device in accordance with the selected data transmission scheme.