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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2006
Dong Won Kwak, Seoul, KR;
Yong Suk Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Chang MO Chung, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method of operating a wireless universal serial bus (USB) apparatus and the wireless USB apparatus using the same. The method including: receiving operation state information from a neighboring wireless USB apparatus in a beacon period (BP); the wireless USB apparatus, which is operating as a host in a first cluster by using the operation state information, identifying a distributed reservation protocol (DRP) corresponding to a second cluster; and the wireless USB apparatus, which is operating as the host in the first cluster, participating in the second cluster as a device by transmitting and receiving data in the DRP corresponding to the second cluster. Accordingly, the wireless USB apparatus which operates as a host may participate in a neighboring WUSB cluster as a device.