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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsRichard Chen, Hong Zhai, Chun-Ting Chou
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An antenna (740) listens in each of a plurality of steerable sectors to determine if a primary beacon is present; transmits a primary device beacon in each of the plurality of steerable sectors if the primary beacon is not present; and transmits a secondary device beacon in a first one of the plurality of steerable sectors if a primary beacon is discovered. The antenna (740) may transmit the primary and secondary beacons on a different communication channel than a data communication channel or may transmit the primary and secondary beacons on a same communication channel as a data communication channel. The antenna (740) may divide the same communication channel into time slices wherein different time slices of a super-frame are utilized for the primary beacon, the secondary beacon, and the data communication. The secondary device (C, D) sends additional beacons in additional sectors if it receives non-primary beacon from the additional sectors.
A method of turning on a steerable antenna device to form a communication network, the method comprising acts of
An application embodied on a computer readable medium arranged to control turn on of a steerable antenna device to form a communication network, the application comprising:
A steerable antenna device (700) configured to form a communication network, the device (700) comprising:
A communication protocol stored on a computer readable memory medium for turning on a steerable antenna device to form a communication network, the communication protocol comprising acts of
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