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

Claim 17:
18. A device comprising:
a transceiver configured to couple to a network; and
a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to:
cause the transceiver to join the device to the network as a child node of a parent node,
receive, via the transceiver, a first broadcast schedule information element that specifies a broadcast schedule of the parent node, the first broadcast schedule information element specifying a first channel as a downlink broadcast channel of the parent node,
set the first channel as an uplink broadcast channel of the device,
cause the transceiver to transmit a broadcast to the parent node via the first channel, and
cause the transceiver to transmit a beacon that includes a second broadcast schedule information element that specifies a broadcast schedule of the device, wherein the second broadcast schedule information element specifies a second channel as the downlink broadcast channel of the device, and wherein the second channel is different from the first channel.