Voice and data wireless communications network and method
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Abstract
A wireless local area network that carries mixed traffic of voice and data communications may be provided. The wireless local area network may include an access point and a plurality of remote terminals that are associated with the access point. The access point may be operably coupled to a wireline network. The access point may receive voice and other communications packets from the remote terminals and the wireline network. Some of the packets may be for transmission to the remote terminals. The access point manages which packets to transmit and when to transmit packets. The access point may manage traffic to maintain a fair distribution of packets and to give priority to voice communications over other communications.
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57 Claims
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1-37. -37. (canceled)
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38. A method, comprising:
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selecting a first packet of a plurality of packets, the selection being based on a destination address of each packet and information about at least one previous selection of a second packet; and
transmitting the selected packet. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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42. A method, comprising:
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selecting one of a plurality of transmission queues, each queue including at least one packet, the selection being based on at least one previous selection of another one of the transmission queues, wherein each of the transmission queues corresponds to a destination address of the at least one packet in the queue; and
transmitting the at least one packet from the selected transmission queue. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An access point, comprising:
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a plurality of transmission queues including at least one packet, each transmission queue corresponding to a remote terminal;
a selection module to select one of the transmission queues, the selection being based on at least one previous selection of another one of the transmission queues; and
a transmitter for transmitting the at least one packet from the selected transmission queue to the remote terminal corresponding to the selected transmission queue. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. An access point, comprising:
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a receiving arrangement to receive packets from a communication medium, each packet including a destination address of a remote terminal;
a temporary storage arrangement to store the packets;
a transmission queue to prepare the packets for transmission, wherein the packets are arranged in the transmission queue based on the destination address in each packet, wherein, when a first one of the packets having a first destination address corresponding to a first one of the remote terminals is placed in a first position in the transmission queue, a second one of the packets having the first destination address corresponding to the first one of the remote terminals is placed in a second position which is after at least one packet having destination addresses corresponding to any other remote terminals. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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Specification