RF coverage extension for wireless home networking systems
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Abstract
A networking system includes wired and/or wireless LANs connected to a virtual access point including a backbone network, wired-to-backbone bridges, and wireless-to-backbone bridges. A common media access control layer accesses different media of the backbone network and integrates a number of networking media elements of different multimedia data types interconnected by the networking system.
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18 Claims
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10. A method for operating a heterogeneous networking system constituted by wired and/or wireless LANs connected to a virtual access point including a backbone network, a controlling instance, wired-to-backbone bridges, and wireless-to-backbone bridges, said method comprising:
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bridging between network media elements of different multimedia data types on transmission channels at a predefined layer of an underlying protocol stack;
using a common media access control layer for the heterogeneous networking system needed for accessing different media of the backbone network and integrating network media elements of different multimedia data types interconnected by the heterogenous networking system; and
using different physical layers on the backbone media and on the wireless LANs. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A heterogeneous networking system comprising:
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wired and/or wireless LANs connected to a virtual access point of a backbone network including wired-to-backbone bridges and wireless-to-backbone bridges; and
a single media access control layer for accessing different media of the backbone network and integrating a number of network media elements of different multimedia data types interconnected by the networking system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. Use of a single MAC layer throughout a heterogeneous networking system constituted by wired and/or wireless LANs connected to a virtual access point of a backbone medium comprising wired-to-backbone-bridges and wireless-to-wired bridges.
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