摘要 |
<p>A method and system for directed beaconing in a superframe structure (100, 310, 320, 330, 340) among devices of different types in a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN). A first type device directs a second type device to transmit beacons (345, 346) in a beacon group of first type devices, announcing the second type device's time slot reservations (314). The method includes: making a Distributed Reservation Protocol (DRP) reservation (314) of a time period in every superframe; selecting two consecutive beacon slots (325, 326) and indicating the two consecutive beacon slots (325, 326) as occupied; informing the second type device the timing of the two occupied consecutive beacon slots during the reserved time period (327); transmitting a response (338) in the reserved time period by the second type device; and transmitting two beacons (345, 346) by the second type device in the two occupied consecutive beacon slots.</p> |