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Smart wireless station

  • US 20070064634A1
  • Filed: 09/16/2005
  • Published: 03/22/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of connecting a wireless station to a wireless network, comprising:

  • receiving a pre-connection management signal from each of a plurality of wireless access points, each of the access points connecting an upstream network to a downstream wireless network;

    retrieving from each of the management signals characteristics of the access point corresponding to the management signal, said characteristics comprising information regarding the upstream network associated with the respective access point;

    analyzing the characteristics of the access point for each of the management signals; and

    based on the analysis of the characteristics of the access points, identifying a preferred access point from the plurality of access points.

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