Patent ID: 8867498
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for beaconing in a superframe structure among devices of different types, the method comprising: reserving, by a first type device, beacon slots within a beacon period of the first device for transmission of beacons by a second type device in the reserved beacon slots, wherein each of the first type device and the second type device transmits beacons using a different physical (PHY) mode; announcing, by the first type device, at least the second type device's beacon slot reservations in a superframe structure; and informing the second type device of a timing of the reserved beacon slots during a reserved time period in a data period of the superframe structure, such that the second type device is enabled to transmit beacons in two consecutive beacon slots of a beacon group of the first type device; wherein the second type device is a type device different from the first type device in a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN).