Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-level piconet data aggregation
- Patent Title (中): 多级微微网数据聚合
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Application No.: US12763446Application Date: 2010-04-20
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Publication No.: US08457088B1Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: Sameer Bidichandani , Timothy J. Donovan , Deepak Jain , Li-Fu Jeng , Robert Mack , Neeta Srivastav , Shuangqing Yuan
- Applicant: Sameer Bidichandani , Timothy J. Donovan , Deepak Jain , Li-Fu Jeng , Robert Mack , Neeta Srivastav , Shuangqing Yuan
- Applicant Address: BM
- Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: BM
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04B7/212 ; H04J3/24

Abstract:
An example embodiment includes an apparatus. The apparatus includes piconet logic for establishing a multi-level piconet hierarchy having a top level piconet and a lower level piconet(s). The top level piconet includes the apparatus and a master controller(s). The apparatus is a master device in the top level piconet. Master controllers are slave devices in the top level piconet. A lower level piconet includes a master controller and a sub-controller(s). Master controllers are masters in the lower level piconet. Sub-controllers are slave devices in the lower level piconet. The apparatus includes time division multiplexing logic to solicit and control aggregated communication with master controllers. The aggregated communication comprises data from the master controller and data from a sub-controller(s). The apparatus includes de-aggregation logic to receive the aggregated communication and to separate data.
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