Wireless communication system capable of saving time for mutual data communication in sniff mode

1. A wireless communication system, comprising:

a master apparatus for calculating a sniff parameter including a time of a sniff period capable of performing a communication by allowing a corresponding device to commonly use the time in a sniff mode when a communication mode for mutual data transmission is selected by a user to be operated in the sniff mode; and

one or more sniff slave apparatuses for performing the mutual data transmission with the master apparatus by commonly using the time calculated in accordance with the sniff parameter,

wherein the master apparatus performs a communication scheduling for data communication of the one or more sniff slave apparatuses, when the sniff parameter is calculated, and

wherein the master apparatus comprises:

a parameter storage unit for storing the sniff parameter;

a time counting unit for allowing the master apparatus to count a time during an allocated time of a sniff period according to the sniff mode based on an operation time in regard to the sniff mode included in the sniff parameter; and

a controller for controlling the data communication with the one or more sniff slave apparatuses, and counting a number of the one or more sniff slave apparatuses operated in the sniff mode to perform the communication scheduling.

2. A wireless communication system, comprising:

a master apparatus for calculating a sniff parameter including a time of a sniff period capable of performing a communication by allowing a corresponding device to commonly use the time in a sniff mode, when a communication mode for mutual data transmission is selected by a user to be operated in the sniff mode; and

one or more sniff slave apparatuses for performing the mutual data transmission with the master apparatus by commonly using the time calculated in accordance with the sniff parameter,

wherein the master apparatus performs a communication scheduling for data communication of the one or more sniff slave apparatuses, when the sniff parameter is calculated,

wherein the sniff parameter includes at least one among a cyclic information, an allocated time information of the sniff period, and a start time information in which the one or more sniff slave apparatuses are operated in the sniff mode, and

wherein the master apparatus performs the communication with the one or more sniff slave apparatuses according to the communication scheduling set up in regard to the one or more sniff slave apparatuses, and performs a round-robin polling operation that transmits a polling packet so that there is no sniff slave apparatus unable to receive a packet from the master apparatus during the allocated time of the sniff period in the communication operation according to the communication scheduling.

3. The wireless communication system of claim 2 , wherein the controller sets up a polling table including an address information with respect to the one or more sniff slave apparatuses for transmitting the polling packet in accordance with the round-robin polling operation, and

the parameter storage unit stores the polling table.

4. The wireless communication system of claim 3 , wherein the time for the master apparatus to perform the round-robin polling operation is a time that a number of slots remaining in a corresponding slot of the allocated time of the sniff period is equal to a number of the one or more sniff slave apparatuses.

5. The wireless communication system of claim 4 , wherein the master apparatus transmits the polling packet from the sniff slave apparatus that initially transmits the data to the master apparatus during the allocated time of the sniff period according to the round-robin polling operation.

6. The wireless communication system of claim 5 , wherein the master apparatus transmits the polling packet to a corresponding sniff slave apparatus one at a time respectively.

7. The wireless communication system of claim 6 , wherein the controller ends the communication with the one or more sniff slave apparatuses with respect to the master apparatus, when there is no slot remaining in the allocated time of the sniff period.

8. A wireless communication method between a master apparatus that mutually communicates wirelessly with one or more sniff slave apparatuses during an allocated time of a sniff period, including the steps of:

calculating a sniff parameter and a predetermined time for the one or more sniff slave apparatuses to perform the mutual communication by commonly using the time with respect to the master apparatus, when the one or more sniff slave apparatuses are set up to be operated in the sniff mode; and

performing the mutual communication by the master apparatus and the one or more sniff slave apparatuses in accordance with the sniff parameter during the calculated time,

after the communication performing step, further including the steps of:

setting up a polling table including a polling packet for providing a connection opportunity in regard to the sniff slave apparatus that has not received a packet from the master apparatus during the allocated time of the sniff period according to the sniff parameter, and an address information with respect to the sniff slave apparatus to receive the polling packet;

judging whether a number of slots remaining in the sniff mode and a number of the sniff slave apparatus are equal; and

transmitting the polling packet to the sniff slave apparatus according to the address information, when it is judged that the number of slots remaining in the sniff mode and the number of the one or more sniff slave apparatuses are equal.