Patent ID: 9288613
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of assigning a channel according to mobility of a medical body area network (MBAN) device in an MBAN network, the method comprising: receiving, by an MBAN master from the MBAN device, an association request signal including information about the mobility of the MBAN device; transmitting, by the MBAN master to the MBAN device, an association response signal in response to the received association request signal; and transmitting, by the MBAN master to the MBAN device, channel assignment information according to the information about the mobility included in the received association request signal, wherein, when the information about the mobility of the MBAN device indicates that the MBAN device is a fixed device, the channel assignment information is transmitted to the MBAN device once through a non-beacon frame, and wherein, when the information about the mobility of the MBAN device indicates that the MBAN device is a mobile device, the channel assignment information is transmitted to the MBAN device periodically through a beacon frame.