Patent ID: 7161923

Claim:
In a network of Bluetooth protocol devices, a method for establishing communications comprising: prior to broadcasting a piconet beacon frequency, establishing a piconet with a master device; the master device broadcasting the piconet beacon frequency at a first predetermined frequency f(k B ) from a plurality of spread spectrum transmission frequencies, wherein the piconet beacon frequency includes the master device's Bluetooth address (BD_addr) and clock (CLK) information; an inquiring device monitoring to receive the piconet beacon frequency, including the BD_Addr and CLK information of the master device in a first downlink frequency hop synchronization (FHS) packet, and deriving a master device frequency hopping sequence from the master device BD_addr and master device CLK information; and following the receiving of the first downlink FHS packet by the inquiring device, transmitting a first uplink FHS packet from the inquiring device to the master device, including the inquiring device BD_addr in the FHS packet payload and an access code (AC) derived from the master device BD_addr.