| US 7,577,451 B2 | ||
| Extending personal area networks | ||
| Ylian Saint-Hilaire, Hillsboro, Oreg. (US); and James Edwards, Portland, Oreg. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 04, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/826,251. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2002/0146981 A1, Oct. 10, 2002 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—465 [455/462; 455/552.1] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A method comprising:
enabling a plurality of first wireless devices in a first wireless piconet to communicate using a first wireless protocol
having a first range;
enabling a plurality of second wireless devices in a second wireless piconet to communicate using a second wireless protocol
having a second range;
enabling the first and second wireless piconets to communicate with one another at a distance greater than the first or the
second range;
said first wireless piconet including a third device that communicates using said first wireless protocol and a third wireless
protocol different from said first wireless protocol, said third wireless protocol having a range greater than said first
and second ranges;
said second wireless piconet including a fourth wireless device that communicates using said second wireless protocol and
said third wireless protocol; and
using said third and fourth wireless devices to forward communications between first and second wireless devices by automatically
appending enumeration data on said communications.
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