Patent ID: 9439229
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of performing pairing between a first device that belongs to a first network and a second device that does not belong to any network, the method comprising: receiving, by a coordinator of the first network, first pairing information from the first device; broadcasting, by the coordinator of the first network, the first pairing information; scanning, by the coordinator of the first network, for a message from the second device for a second critical time from the time when a first critical time has elapsed from the time when the coordinator of the first network has broadcasted the first pairing information; and if the coordinator of the first network does not receive the message from the second device, broadcasting, by the coordinator of the first network, the first pairing information and a failure message, wherein the first device becomes a coordinator of a second network after establishing the second network at a second channel different from a first channel that communicates with the coordinator of the first network.