Method and system for broadcasting data in wireless network
US11716176B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 19, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for communicating data between Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices (200, 202) in a network (100) comprising multiple nodes, the method comprising: broadcasting data from a broadcasting node (200); receiving the data at multiple receiving nodes (202); transmitting an acknowledgement (ACK) packet from each of the receiving nodes (202) to the broadcasting node (200), wherein each receiving node (202) waits for a waiting period before transmitting the ACK packet, and wherein the waiting period is a varying length of time for each receiving node (202).
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