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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2012
Applicant:
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Hsinshu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 12/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A master device, a slave device, and methods are disclosed. The method is performed by a first slave device connected to a master-slave tree network, comprising: determining whether a beacon has not been received within a predetermined time period; and distributing a first beacon to a second slave device if no beacon has been received within the predetermined time period; wherein for the first slave device to remain in the master-slave-network, a beacon be received by the first slave device within the predetermined time period.