Low-Power Wireless Beaconing Network Supporting Proximal Formation, Separation and Reformation

A wireless communication system comprising:

• first and second wireless devices, said first and second wireless devices selectively operating at a very low power level and at a higher power level, said first wireless device when operating at said very low power level providing a reduced power transmission with a range limited to a very close proximity from said first wireless device;
• said first wireless device sending network information at said very low power level so as to be received by said second wireless device only when the second wireless device is within said very close proximity from said first wireless device;
• said second wireless device upon receipt of said network information, forming a wireless network with said first wireless device;
• and said first and second wireless devices after formation of the wireless network communicating with each other at said higher power level.

In a wireless communication system, a method of establishing a wireless network, said method comprising

• selecting at least two wireless devices from a plurality of wireless devices, each capable of participation within the wireless network in a higher power mode;
• placing the at least two wireless devices in close proximity to one another;
• establishing the wireless network by interaction of the at least two wireless devices in a lower power mode;
• and
• carrying out wireless network communications between said at least two wireless devices in the higher power mode.