Low power protocol for wireless terminal peer-to-peer communications

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9025582
APP PUB NO 20130286914A1
SERIAL NO

13931136

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A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system based upon peer-to-peer communications. A wireless terminal for peer-to-peer communications acts either as a WLAN master or as a WLAN slave. When the wireless terminal acts a master, the wireless terminal undertakes mastering duties that include transmitting a beacon interval in the frame cycle. When the wireless terminal is not tethered to a power source, mastering duties alternate according to a round-robin WLAN mastering cycle, wherein the wireless terminal acts the WLAN master during at least one frame cycle and acts the WLAN slave during other frame cycles to conserve an untethered power source of the wireless terminal.

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  • BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Edwards, Bruce E Belmont, US 25 810
Frank, Edward H Atherton, US 90 5456
Palm, Stephen Irvine, US 38 510
Trachewsky, Jason A Menlo Park, US 156 3184

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