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

Claim 0:
1. 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, the first broadcast schedule information element specifying a first channel as a downlink broadcast channel of the parent node;
setting the first channel as an uplink broadcast channel of the first node;
sending, by the first node, a broadcast to the parent node via the first channel according to the broadcast schedule of the parent node; 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 that is different from the broadcast schedule of the parent node, wherein the second broadcast schedule information element specifies a second channel as the downlink broadcast channel of the first node, wherein the second channel is different from the first channel.