Patent ID: 7734306

Claim:
A method for operating a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) comprising: a master wireless device of the WPAN wirelessly transmitting packet data to at least one slave wireless device of the WPAN at a normal transmit power level; the master wireless device wirelessly receiving a request from a new wireless device to join the WPAN; the master wireless device wirelessly transmitting WPAN authentication information to the new wireless device at a reduced transmit power level that is less than the normal transmit power level; during an interval of time when the master wireless device is wirelessly transmitting WPAN authentication information to the new wireless device at the reduced transmit power level, the master wireless device wirelessly transmitting packet data to the at least one slave wireless device on an interspersed basis at the normal transmit power level; and the master wireless device wirelessly transmitting packet data to the new wireless device at the normal transmit power level after the new wireless device has joined the WPAN.