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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2020
Applicant:

University of Oulu, University of Oulu, FI;

Inventors:

Berhane Gebremedhin, University of Oulu, FI;

Tuomas Paso, Univeristy of Oulu, FI;

Jussi Haapola, University of Oulu, FI;

Assignee:

UNIVERSITY OF OULU, Oulu, FI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 16/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/04 (2013.01); H04L 5/0055 (2013.01); H04W 16/18 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention discloses a mechanism to initiate, establish, and maintain relay connectivity in a SmartBAN network while maintaining uninterrupted operations within the network. The present invention comprises the aspects of identifying and notifying an isolated node, initiating and establishing relay connectivity, maintaining the relay connectivity, and ending the relay connectivity when this is desired by either a hub, the isolated node or the nominated relay node. Some new frame formats comprising several new Information Units are also defined.


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