Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
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Piconet
nCollection of
devices connected in an ad hoc
fashion
nOne unit acts
as master and the others as slaves
for the lifetime of the piconet
nMaster
determines hopping pattern, slaves
have to synchronize
nEach piconet
has a unique hopping pattern
nParticipation
in a piconet = synchronization
to hopping sequence
nEach piconet
has one master and up to 7 simultaneous
slaves (> 200 could be parked)
M=Master
S=Slave
P=Parked
SB=Standby
M
S
P
SB
S
S
P
P
SB