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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Inventor:
Martin Kessler, Salem, MA (US);
Assignee:
ANALOG DEVICES, INC., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/305 (2018.08); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for auxiliary master and/or auxiliary call support functionality. For example, in some embodiments, a communication system with auxiliary master functionality may include a master node coupled to a plurality of downstream slave nodes, wherein at least one of the slave nodes may perform master node functions when the master node is disconnected from the system.