Patent ID: 8588231

Claim:
A device, comprising: circuitry, and a transceiver in communication with the circuitry, the device configured to cause the transceiver to send a message to indicate the availability of the device for attachment to another device, receive, from the another device, a message indicating the availability of the another device for communication with the device, send, to the another device, a signal including a device identifier, receive, from the another device, an another device response, send a response to the another device, and receive, from the another device, a second response including the device identifier; wherein the device is configured such that a first one of a plurality of unique addresses and a second one of the unique addresses are operable for being used for identification in association with the another device, where the unique addresses each exist during a first communication with the another device and each uniquely identifies the another device on a shared communication medium; wherein the device is configured such that the first one of the unique addresses has a first one or more channels associated therewith with a capability of transferring a first size of data communication and the second one of the unique addresses has a second one or more channels associated therewith with a capability of transferring a second size of data communication different than the first size of communication.