US 11,785,502 B2
Selective relay of data packets
Giriraj Goyal, Bangalore (IN); Vishal Agarwal, Bangalore (IN); and Steven Singer, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/148,837.
Application 18/148,837 is a division of application No. 16/239,450, filed on Jan. 3, 2019, granted, now 11,582,638.
Prior Publication US 2023/0137847 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 28/04 (2009.01); H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/04 (2013.01) [H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
receiving one or more received data packets from a series of transmitted data packets that are transmitted from a host device over a host piconet during a plurality of listening time slots of the host piconet;
receiving a bitmap over a primary/secondary piconet, wherein the bitmap includes a plurality of bitmap portions and each bitmap portion respectively corresponds to one of the plurality of listening time slots of the host piconet;
analyzing the received bitmap to identify one or more missed data packets from the series of transmitted data packets that were not received from the host device; and
generating a relay list of missed data packets based on the analyzing of the bitmap.