US 12,261,737 B2
Network formation in wireless systems
Alexis Justine Burnight, Dallas, TX (US); Ariton E. Xhafa, Plano, TX (US); Minghua Fu, Plano, TX (US); Vishal Coelho, Flower Mound, TX (US); and Caleb Jackson Overbay, Dallas, TX (US)
Assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/563,993.
Prior Publication US 2023/0208707 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0803 (2022.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 41/0803 (2013.01) [H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a primary node, a network formation process to establish a network with a secondary node according to a network condition of the primary node and the secondary node, wherein the secondary node was previously paired to the primary node in a previously established network connection between the primary node and the secondary node, wherein the network formation process is a rapid network reconnect responsive to the network being an active network, wherein the active network is a network in which primary node and the secondary node are previously paired and have entered a sleep mode without a connection error and have not been powered off, thereby retaining their network configuration;
performing, by the primary node, a scanning phase as part of the network formation process with the secondary node according to network configuration information stored by the primary node and the secondary node, the network configuration information obtained by the primary node and the secondary node in the previously established network connection; and
skipping, by the primary node, a pairing phase of the network formation process with the secondary node responsive to the secondary node being previously paired to the primary node in the previously established network connection.