Patent ID: 9374785
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method of establishing a wireless ad-hoc network connection between first and second nodes, the method comprising: defining a beacon interval, the beacon interval having a plurality of subintervals, each subinterval corresponding to a position within said beacon interval; sending a network connection request from said first node during a predetermined one of said plurality of subintervals; detecting a network connection request from the second node during one of said plurality of subintervals, wherein said first node enters a sleep mode except when detecting or sending a network connection request, wherein said one of said plurality of subintervals for detecting said network connection request from said second node rotates within said plurality of subintervals in a round-robin fashion following each beacon interval, and wherein if the network connection request from said second node is detected: