| US 7,460,559 B2 | ||
| Methods and sets of piconets using time frequency division multiple access | ||
| Marcus H. Pendergrass, Huntsville, Ala. (US); and Vernon R. Brethour, Owen Crossroads, Ala. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Alereon, Inc., Austin, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 17, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/688,796. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/451560, filed on Mar. 03, 2003. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/432435, filed on Dec. 11, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/424642, filed on Nov. 07, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/419459, filed on Oct. 17, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0156337 A1, Aug. 12, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04J 4/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—478 [370/210; 370/330; 370/436; 455/63.1; 455/63.3; 455/448] | 78 Claims |
| 1. A method of establishing a set of piconets comprising:
generating a set of codes, wherein each code corresponds to a sequence of dwell times and bands, wherein the sequence includes
at least one group of dwell times;
assigning codes to the piconets in the set of piconets, wherein:
each piconet in the set of piconets has a unique code compared to the other piconets in the set of piconets, wherein the unique
code is a member of the set of codes; and
during a time span, any two different piconets in the set of piconets are capable of using one or more same bands for a collective
time for each group of dwell times, no longer than the longest dwell time within such group of dwell times; and
substituting an extra band for an existing band, wherein before substituting, the unique codes do not correspond to the extra
band.
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