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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2013
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Sandeep Kamath, San Diego, CA (US);
Jason P. Kriek, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Gregory P. Stewart, San Diego, CA (US);
Leonardo Estevez, Rowlett, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A BLE network includes a first piconet (A) including a first master scanner (-) and a first group of low-power slave/advertisers (-) for transmitting wireless advertisements and for establishing wireless connections with the first master/scanner. Circuitry () in the first master/scanner wirelessly scans to detect an advertisement () transmitted by a first slave/advertiser (-) of the first group and transmits a connection request () in response to the detecting, and transmits a schedule () for subsequent advertisements after an initial advertisement by the first slave/advertiser to complete synchronization of the first master/scanner with the first slave/advertiser. Circuitry () in the first slave/advertiser transmits the initial advertisement (), receives an acceptance a resulting connection request, establishes association () with the first master scanner, and then causes the first slave/advertiser to go to sleep, to wake up and transmit subsequent advertisements according to the schedule () and accept resulting connection requests, and transmits available data to the first master/scanner, and goes back to sleep.