US Patent 7529205 Beacon scheduling method and system in a network system

A beacon scheduling method and system in a network system. The beacon scheduling method of a router in a network system that includes at least one router, includes receiving a beacon signal from a parent node; calculating a difference between an address of the parent node and an address of the router; and setting the calculated difference to a beacon transmission offset of the router. Accordingly, all devices from the top to the bottom of the network can transmit their beacons without collisions, and thus the multi-hop tree structure can be established.