Patent ID: 7352998
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of establishing a wireless communications link, the method comprising: (a) discovering by a wireless communicating device (WCD) in an ad hoc network the existence of a remote device within a coverage area through a first short-range communications interface, the first short-range communications interface communicating through a first short-range communications link according to a first short-range communications protocol; (b) determining through the first short-range communications link whether the remote device is capable of supporting communications over a second short-range communications link through a second short-range communications interface, the second short-range communications interface operating according to a second short-range communications protocol; (c) exchanging information by the WCD with the remote device across the first communications link to establish the second short-range communications link between the WCD and the remote device if step (b) determines that the remote device is capable of supporting communications over the second short-range communications link; (d) activating the second short-range communications interface to establish the second short-range communications link with the remote device based on the information exchanged across the first short-range communications link, and (e) controlling transmissions of the first and second communication links to operate in a scheduled manner.