Wireless access point protocol method
First Claim
1. A method for use by an access point in a wireless communications environment wherein multiple channels are available for communication, comprising:
- sending claim messages to other devices;
receiving claim messages from other devices;
using the claim messages it sends and receives to select a channel on which to communicate;
sending Announce messages to other devices to indicate the access point'"'"'s presence and its protocol capability to the other devices;
receiving Bid messages from other devices, wherein a device sends a Bid message to a the access point to indicate that the device desires to communicate in the wireless communications environment via the access point;
sending an Accept message to a device in response to a Bid message to indicate that the access point will allow the device to communicate in the wireless communications environment via the access point.
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Abstract
The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically choose a channel such that channel usage is optimized. Furthermore, APs can perform automatic power adjustment so that multiple APs can operate on the same channel while minimizing interference with each other. Wireless stations are load balanced across APs so that user bandwidth is optimized. A movement detection scheme provides seamless roaming of stations between APs.
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3 Claims
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1. A method for use by an access point in a wireless communications environment wherein multiple channels are available for communication, comprising:
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sending claim messages to other devices;
receiving claim messages from other devices;
using the claim messages it sends and receives to select a channel on which to communicate;
sending Announce messages to other devices to indicate the access point'"'"'s presence and its protocol capability to the other devices;
receiving Bid messages from other devices, wherein a device sends a Bid message to a the access point to indicate that the device desires to communicate in the wireless communications environment via the access point;
sending an Accept message to a device in response to a Bid message to indicate that the access point will allow the device to communicate in the wireless communications environment via the access point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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