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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2020
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Ram Malovany, Nes Ziona, IL;
Chen Loewy, Herzelia, IL;
Dotan Ziv, Tel Aviv, IL;
Lior Gersi, Tel Aviv, IL;
Liran Cohen, Yavne, IL;
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A Bluetooth (BT) device includes a host processor and a BT controller coupled by a Host Controller Interface (HCI) including a Host Controller Transport Layer and a HCI Driver. The host processor implements an applications layer and includes HCI firmware for communicating via the Host Controller Transport Layer with the BT controller. The BT controller includes a processor coupled to a memory and to a transceiver, and a RF driver. The HCI firmware also includes HCI command code for a user to define a topology of the BT network including configuring the BT device in a current chain including a plurality of BT devices including configuring from which BT device it receives data from and which BT device it forwards data to. For communicating data across the BT network the BT device forwards the data without host processor involvement in at least resending the data back to its BT controller.