Patent ID: 7577451
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: enabling a plurality of first wireless devices in a first wireless piconet to communicate using a first wireless protocol having a first range; enabling a plurality of second wireless devices in a second wireless piconet to communicate using a second wireless protocol having a second range; enabling the first and second wireless piconets to communicate with one another at a distance greater than the first or the second range; said first wireless piconet including a third device that communicates using said first wireless protocol and a third wireless protocol different from said first wireless protocol, said third wireless protocol having a range greater than said first and second ranges; said second wireless piconet including a fourth wireless device that communicates using said second wireless protocol and said third wireless protocol; and using said third and fourth wireless devices to forward communications between first and second wireless devices by automatically appending enumeration data on said communications.