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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2003
Applicants:
Ting-yu Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-chee Tseng, Hsinchu, TW;
Keng-ming Chang, Taipei, TW;
Chun-liang Tu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Inventors:
Ting-Yu Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-Chee Tseng, Hsinchu, TW;
Keng-Ming Chang, Taipei, TW;
Chun-Liang Tu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Assignee:
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A Bluetooth network topology. The Bluetooth network system includes a plurality of piconets, containing a plurality of Bluetooth units, including one master unit and a plurality of slave units. These piconets are linked by the bridge units to form a scatternet ring. The scatternet ring is formed by a centralized forming mechanism, operated by a simple yet efficient routing protocol and maintained by recovery and extension mechanisms.