Method and system for advertising bluetooth multicast feature

A method for wireless communication, the method of comprising:

• receiving from a master device over a point-to-point connection established between said master device and a specific one of a plurality of slave devices, a multicast data packet comprising a single active member address that is assigned by said master device to said specific one of a plurality of slave devices;
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• in response to said receiving of said multicast data packet, transmitting an acknowledgment packet from each of said plurality of slave devices to said master device.

A system for wireless communication, the system comprising:

• one or more circuits for use within a master device, wherein said one or more circuits enables transmission of a multicast packet over a point-to-point connection established between said master device and a specific one of a plurality of slave devices, wherein said multicast packet comprises a single active member address that is assigned by said master device to said specific one of said plurality of slave devices;
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• said one or more circuits enables detection of a plurality of receive acknowledgements, each responsive to said multicast packet and from one of said plurality of slave devices.

A system for wireless communication, the system comprising:

• one or more circuits for use in each of a plurality of slave devices, wherein said one or more circuits enables receiving from a master device over a point-to-point connection established between said master device and a specific one of a plurality of slave devices, a multicast data packet comprising a single active member address that is assigned by said master device to said specific one of a plurality of slave devices;
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• in response to said receiving of said multicast data packet, said one or more circuits enables transmission of an acknowledgment packet from each of said plurality of slave devices to said master device.