Ring network of bluetooth speakers

A wireless speaker in wireless communication with a plurality of wireless speakers, the wireless speaker and the plurality of wireless speakers wirelessly connected in a first network with a ring topology, the wireless speaker configured to:

• detect that a first wireless speaker from the plurality of wireless speakers is no longer in communication with the wireless speaker;
• generate a first message indicating a loss of connection to the first wireless speaker;
• transmit the first message in a first direction around the first network to identify which speaker from the plurality of wireless speakers is the first wireless speaker;
• and
• reform the first network without the first wireless speaker to obtain a second network with a ring topology by at least establishing a communication link between a second wireless speaker and a third wireless speaker, and receiving a connection profile from the third wireless speaker, the second wireless speaker previously adjacent to the first wireless speaker in a second direction within the first network and the third wireless speaker previously adjacent to the first wireless speaker in the first direction within the first network.

A method of maintaining a network of wireless speakers in a ring topology, the method comprising:

• detecting, by a ringleader wireless speaker, that a first wireless speaker from a plurality of wireless speakers connected in a first network with a ring topology is no longer in communication with other wireless speakers from the plurality of wireless speakers, the plurality of wireless speakers including the ringleader wireless speaker;
• generating, by the ringleader wireless speaker, a first message indicating a loss of connection to the first wireless speaker;
• transmitting, by the ringleader wireless speaker, the first message in a first direction around the first network to identify which speaker from the plurality of wireless speakers is the first wireless speaker;
• receiving in a second direction, by the ringleader wireless speaker, a second message identifying the first wireless speaker from the plurality of wireless speakers as no longer being in communication with the first network;
• and
• reforming the first network without the first wireless speaker to obtain a second network with a ring topology by at least establishing a communication link with a second wireless speaker, and receiving a connection profile from the second wireless speaker, the second wireless speaker previously adjacent to the first wireless speaker in a second direction within the first network.

A wireless network connected in a ring topology comprising:

• a first wireless speaker connected to a second wireless speaker in a first direction of the ring topology;
• a third wireless speaker connected to the first wireless speaker in the first direction of the ring topology and connected to the second wireless speaker in a second direction of the ring topology, and configured to:
• detect a gap within the ring topology associated with a loss of connection to a wireless speaker;
• generate a first message indicating the loss of connection to the wireless speaker;
• transmit the first message in the first direction to identify the wireless speaker;
• receiving a second message from the first wireless speaker;
• determine that the second wireless speaker is no longer communicating with the wireless network based at least on the second message;
• and reform the wireless network without the second wireless speaker.