Patent ID: 6954438

Claim:
A method for reversing master-slave roles in a multi-user wireless network, comprising the steps of: (a) initiating an outgoing connection from a data terminal to a network access point operating in a multi-user mode, said data terminal assuming a master role and said network access point assuming a slave role in said connection; (b) said network access point requesting a master-slave switch; (c) reporting connection failure to said data terminal and said network access point due to unsupported master-slave switch function in said data terminal; (d) storing both a first device address of said network access point in said data terminal and a second device address of said data terminal in said network access point; and (e) said network access point initiating an outgoing connection from said network access point to said data terminal identified by said second device address stored in said network access point, said network access point assuming said master role and said data terminal assuming said slave role.