Wireless local area networks and methods for establishing direct link protocol (DLP) communications between stations of wireless local area networks
First Claim
1. A method of establishing communications between a first station and a second station in a wireless local area network using a direct link protocol, comprising:
- determining a first distance between the first station and the second station;
determining a second distance between the first station and an access point in the wireless local area network;
comparing the first distance to the second distance; and
establishing direct link protocol communications between the first station and the second station if the first distance is less than the second distance.
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Abstract
Methods of establishing communications between a first station and a second station in a wireless local area network using a direct link protocol are disclosed in which a first distance between the first station and the second station and a second distance between the first station and an access point in the wireless local area network are determined. The first distance may then be compared to the second distance. Direct link protocol communications between the first station and the second station may be established if the first distance is less than the second distance.
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1. A method of establishing communications between a first station and a second station in a wireless local area network using a direct link protocol, comprising:
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determining a first distance between the first station and the second station;
determining a second distance between the first station and an access point in the wireless local area network;
comparing the first distance to the second distance; and
establishing direct link protocol communications between the first station and the second station if the first distance is less than the second distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of determining whether to route communications between a first station and a second station in a wireless local area network using a direct link protocol, comprising:
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determining a distance between the first station and the second station;
determining a distance between the first station and an access point in the wireless area network; and
determining whether to route communications between the first station and the second station in the wireless local area network using the direct link protocol based at least in part on the determined distances. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A wireless local area network, comprising:
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an access point; and
a plurality of wireless local area network stations, each station including;
a location tracking device;
a processor that determines a distance between the station and a second of the stations in the wireless local area network and a distance between the station and the access point, wherein the processor determines based on the respective distances between the station and the second station in the wireless local area network and between the station and the access point whether to establish direct link protocol communications between the station and the second station in the wireless local area network. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of determining whether to route communications between a first station and a second station in a wireless local area network using a direct link protocol, comprising:
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determining a received signal strength of a signal sent between the first station and the second station and a received signal strength of a signal sent from the first station to the access point in the wireless area network; and
determining whether to route communications between the first station and the second station in the wireless local area network using the direct link protocol based at least in part on the determined received signal strengths. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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