| US 7,502,591 B2 | ||
| Multi-mode radio piconet/scatternet | ||
| Anand G. Dabak, Plano, Tex. (US); Timothy M. Schmidl, Dallas, Tex. (US); and Mohammed Nafie, Giza (Egypt) | ||
| Assigned to Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 29, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/942,192. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/228850, filed on Aug. 29, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0181725 A1, Aug. 18, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04B 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—41.2 [455/426.1; 455/462; 455/463; 370/328; 370/338] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A piconet, comprising:
first and second communication devices,
the first communication device communicating with the second communication device using a Bluetooth mode of transmission and
a second mode of transmission,
wherein each of said first and second communication devices is selectable as a master device that coordinates synchronization
for communications in the Bluetooth mode and communications in the second mode,
wherein each of said first and second communication devices is selectable as a slave device that adheres to the synchronization
provided by the master device.
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