Patent ID: 11937271
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first node, a first broadcast schedule information element that specifies a broadcast schedule of a parent node of the first node,
based on the first broadcast schedule information element, setting the first node to transmit a broadcast according to the broadcast schedule of the parent node;
transmitting, by the first node, the broadcast; and
transmitting, by the first node, a beacon that includes a second broadcast schedule information element that specifies a broadcast schedule of the first node, wherein the first broadcast schedule information element includes a broadcast schedule identifier field that specifies whether the first broadcast schedule information element specifies: an uplink broadcast schedule of the parent node, a downlink broadcast schedule of the parent node, or uplink and downlink broadcast schedules of the parent node.