METHOD FOR ALLOCATING A BEACON SLOT USING A BEACON TABLE IN WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORK (WPAN) AND WPAN DEVICE

摘要

The present invention relates to a method in which each device sets my beacon slot using a beacon table in a WPAN, which uses superframes, each having a beacon-only period. In the method, beacon scheduling information, including information about neighbors' beacon slots and information about neighbors' neighbors' beacon slots, is received from neighbor devices. The beacon scheduling information is combined, and the neighbors' beacon slot information and the neighbors' neighbors' beacon slot information are input into a beacon table. The neighbors' beacon slots and the neighbors' neighbors' beacon slots are input into a field for BTTSs to be avoided in the beacon table. My beacon slot is set among beacon slots of the beacon-only period, except for the beacon slots input into the field for BTTSs to be avoided. Information about the set beacon slot is input into a field for my BTTS in the beacon table.