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Using bluetooth to establish ad-hoc connections between non-bluetooth wireless communication modules

US7882238B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Gregory Burns · Seattle, US
Richard Dolf · Seattle, US
Todd Malsbary · Seattle, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 7, 2006
Grant date	Feb 1, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 21, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/18
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Using Bluetooth to provide the network management functions such as device discovery, service discovery, security negotiation, and connection establishment. Upon a Bluetooth connection being established between the Bluetooth-enabled devices an IP channel availability query is made. This is accomplished by using information request signals from the Bluetooth L2CAP protocol layer. If an IP channel is available on both the devices and the communication modules using that IP channel are compatible the devices will then establish a secondary Internet Protocol (IP) based data channel between them.

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