Method and apparatus for reducing the bandwidth of a wireless network
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorWassim Haddad
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Abstract
A method of reducing the bandwidth required to operate a wireless network comprising transmitting at least a first and a second advertisement according to different network protocols in the same, or substantially the same, frequency channel. Such an arrangement may be suitable for areas which are covered by two or more network protocols.
Claims21
A method of reducing the bandwidth required to operate a wireless network comprising transmitting at least a first and a second advertisement according to different network protocols in the same, or substantially the same, broadcast channel.
A processing unit comprising a transmitter arranged to transmit data in at least one broadcast channel wherein said transmitter is arranged to transmit a first advertisement according to a first network protocol in said broadcast channel and to also transmit a second advertisement according to a second network protocol in said broadcast channel, or substantially in said broadcast channel.
A communication device comprising a receiver arranged to receive signals in at least one broadcast channel, said receiver further being arranged to receive a first advertisement transmitted according to a first network protocol in said broadcast channel and to receive a second advertisement transmitted in the same, or substantially the same, broadcast channel.
A wireless network comprising at least one transmitter arranged to transmit data in at least one broadcast channel, said transmitter being arranged to transmit a first advertisement according to a first network protocol in said broadcast channel and a second advertisement according to a second network protocol in said broadcast channel, or substantially said broadcast channel.
A machine readable medium holding instructions which when loaded onto a processing unit cause that processing unit to provide data for transmission by a transmitter arranged to transmit data in at least one broadcast channel such that the transmitter will transmit a first advertisement according to a first network protocol in said broadcast channel and will also transmit a second advertisement according to a second network protocol in said broadcast channel, or substantially in said broadcast channel.
A machine readable medium holding instructions which when loaded onto a communication device cause that communication device to function as the communication device arranged to receive signals in at least one broadcast channel, said signals comprising a first advertisement transmitted according to a first network protocol in said broadcast channel and a second advertisement transmitted in the same, or substantially the same, broadcast channel.
A method of locating a communication device within a cellular network comprising transmitting an advertisement that contains location information.
A method of reducing the hardware required to provide a cellular network by reducing the number of processing units required to transmit advertisements, said method comprising transmitting more than one advertisement within the same, or substantially the same, broadcast channel.
A machine readable medium holding instructions which when loaded on to a computing device cause said computing device to locate a communication device within a cellular network comprising transmitting an advertisement that contains location information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.