Direct station-to-station link between wireless network devices
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a first wireless communications device to transmit, to an access point, a frame containing data pertaining to a direct station-to-station link (STSL) with a second wireless communications device other than the access point;
wherein data pertaining to the STSL is wholly contained within a payload section of the frame.
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Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention may establish a direct station-to-station-link (STSL) between client devices in an IEEE 802.11 network by using the payload portion of communicated frames to set up the STSL. Legacy access points may be able to handle this procedure without having to be modified, as they would to implement a Direct Link Setup (DLS) approach.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first wireless communications device to transmit, to an access point, a frame containing data pertaining to a direct station-to-station link (STSL) with a second wireless communications device other than the access point; wherein data pertaining to the STSL is wholly contained within a payload section of the frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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wirelessly transmitting a frame to an access point, the frame having a payload and a destination address different than an address of the access point; wherein the payload includes data pertaining to a direct station-to-station link (STSL) with a wireless communications device indicated by the destination address. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An article comprising
a tangible machine-readable medium that contains instructions, which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising: -
wirelessly transmitting a frame to an access point, the frame having a payload and a destination address different than an address of the access point; wherein the payload includes data pertaining to a direct station-to-station link (STSL) with a wireless communications device indicated by the destination address. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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