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Method and apparatus for assuring quality of service in wireless local area networks

  • US 20040037257A1
  • Filed: 08/23/2002
  • Published: 02/26/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for maintaining quality of service (QoS) between a central controller and a set of mobile terminals (MTs) located within the coverage area of a basic service set (BSS) in a wireless local area network (WLAN), comprising the steps of:

  • detecting a connection request by an MT;

    determining if adequate resources are available;

    attempting to al locate additional resources, if adequate resources are not available; and

    , establishing a connection with the MT using the most robust physical layer (PHY) mode with a sufficiently large set of packets to fulfill throughput requirements, if one of adequate resources are available and additional resources can be allocated.

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