Patent ID: 7502342

Claim:
A resynchronization method in a wireless ad-hoc network that is synchronized by a synchronization signal broadcast from one arbiter, comprises: (a) preparing a candidate arbiters list, from a plurality of wireless access devices linked to the wireless ad-hoc network, that lists the wireless access devices capable of becoming candidate arbiters; (b) sending the candidate arbiters list to each of the plurality of wireless access devices; and (c) broadcasting the synchronization signal by the wireless access device selected based on the candidate arbiters list as a new arbiter, if the synchronization signal is not broadcast for a predetermined timeout period; wherein, in step (c), the new arbiter is sequentially selected based on one or more priorities, set in the candidate arbiters list, corresponding to the wireless access devices capable of becoming candidate arbiters, wherein step (a) comprises: (a1) searching by the arbiter for the wireless access devices capable of becoming the candidate arbiters out of the plurality of wireless access devices; (a2) setting one or more priorities among the wireless access devices identified as the candidate arbiters; and (a3) preparing the candidate arbiters list.