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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Mark Schmidl, Dallas, TX (US);
Ariton Xhafa, Plano, TX (US);
Arvind Khandalu Raghu, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04L 5/0012 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 72/0406 (2013.01); H04W 72/0433 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a network on a plurality of frequency hopping channels is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a beacon on a beacon channel different from the frequency hopping channels and receiving a request from a node to join the network in response to the beacon. The method further includes adding the node to the network in response to the step of receiving and communicating with the node on the plurality of frequency hopping channels after the step of adding.