Distributed MAC architecture for wireless repeater
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for communicating between devices is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises running two or more instances of a switch MAC sublayer on a switch and managing the two or more instances of the switch MAC sublayer as multiple logical access points inside the switch.
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58 Claims
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1-47. -47. (canceled)
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48. A method comprising:
running a first instance of a repeater MAC sublayer within a repeater capable of processing network packets from a mobile station, wherein the first instance of the repeater MAC sublayer is associated with a corresponding first instance of a switch MAC sublayer within a switch such that the first instance of the repeater MAC sublayer and the corresponding first instance of the switch MAC sublayer functionally cooperate to execute a MAC layer in a distributed fashion. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. An architecture comprising:
a first repeater having a first instance of a repeater MAC sublayer that corresponds to a first instance of a switch MAC sublayer, wherein the first instance of the repeater MAC sublayer and the corresponding first instance of the switch MAC sublayer functionally cooperate to execute a MAC sublayer in a distributed fashion. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58)
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