Device connectivity
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsRajeev Koodli, Hannu Flinck
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Abstract
There is disclosed a personal area network comprising a plurality of wireless piconets, each piconet including one or more wireless devices, each device being provided with an Internet protocol, IP, address such that the devices of the plurality of piconets form a wireless subnetwork. There is also disclosed a device for connection in a wireless piconet configured to receive a prefix for generation of an IP address, and further configured to generate an IP address in dependence on the prefix and a unique identifier of the device.
Claims62
A personal area network comprising a plurality of wireless piconets, each piconet including one or more wireless devices, each device being provided with an Internet protocol, IP, address such that the devices of the plurality of piconets form a wireless subnetwork.
The personal area network according to 1, wherein a master device of each of the plurality of piconets maintains a neighbour cache for storing the IP address of a subordinate device in the piconet.
A device for connection in a wireless piconet configured to receive a prefix for generation of an IP address, and further configured to generate the IP address in dependence on the prefix and a unique identifier of the device.
A method of configuring a personal area network comprising a plurality of wireless piconets, each piconet including one or more wireless devices, the method comprising:
- providing each device with an Internet protocol, IP, address thereby forming a wireless subnetwork.
The method according to 32 further comprising maintaining a neighbour cache for each master device of each of the plurality of wireless piconets, the neighbour cache being for storing the IP address of a suboridnate device in the piconet.
A method for configuring a device for connection in a wireless piconet, comprising providing a prefix for generation of an IP address, and further generating the IP address in dependence on the prefix and a unique identifier of the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.