CONCENTRATOR FOR MULTIPLEXING ACCESS POINT TO WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTIONS
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- extracting a locally unique identifier from a downlink packet received from an access point;
determining a mobile device identifier and a disparate access point identifier related to the locally unique identifier;
replacing the locally unique identifier in the downlink packet with the mobile device identifier; and
transmitting the downlink packet to a disparate access point related to the disparate access point identifier.
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Abstract
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate multiplexing communications from multiple downstream access points to one or more upstream access points. In particular, a concentrator component is provided that can establish a single transport layer connection with an upstream access point along with multiple application layer connections over the single transport layer connection for each of multiple downstream access points and/or related mobile devices. The downstream access points and/or mobile devices can provide identifiers to the concentrator component, which can utilize the identifiers to track communications with the upstream access points. In this regard, the upstream access points can additionally include identifiers received from the concentrator component in subsequent communications to facilitate identifying the appropriate downstream access point and/or mobile device.
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59 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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extracting a locally unique identifier from a downlink packet received from an access point; determining a mobile device identifier and a disparate access point identifier related to the locally unique identifier; replacing the locally unique identifier in the downlink packet with the mobile device identifier; and transmitting the downlink packet to a disparate access point related to the disparate access point identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor configured to; obtain a locally unique identifier in a downlink packet received from an access point; discern a mobile device identifier and a disparate access point identifier related to the locally unique identifier; replace the locally unique identifier in the downlink packet with the mobile device identifier; and transmit the downlink packet to a disparate access point related to the disparate access point identifier; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for extracting a locally unique identifier from a downlink packet received from an access point; means for determining a mobile device identifier related to the locally unique identifier and replacing the locally unique identifier in the downlink packet with the mobile device identifier; means for determining a disparate access point identifier related to the locally unique identifier; and means for transmitting the downlink packet to a disparate access point related to the disparate access point identifier. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer program product, comprising:
a computer-readable medium comprising; code for causing at least one computer to extract a locally unique identifier from a downlink packet received from an access point; code for causing the at least one computer to determine a mobile device identifier and a disparate access point identifier related to the locally unique identifier; code for causing the at least one computer to replace the locally unique identifier in the downlink packet with the mobile device identifier; and code for causing at least one computer to transmit the downlink packet to a disparate access point related to the disparate access point identifier. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An apparatus, comprising:
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an upstream connection component that extracts a locally unique identifier from a downlink packet received from an access point; a mobile device routing component that determines a mobile device identifier related to the locally unique identifier and replaces the locally unique identifier in the downlink packet with the mobile device identifier; an access point routing component that determines a disparate access point identifier related to the locally unique identifier; and a downstream connection component that transmits the downlink packet to a disparate access point related to the disparate access point identifier. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method, comprising:
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inserting a unique identifier in an application layer connection setup message and substantially all corresponding messages to facilitate determining an access point related to the corresponding messages; and transmitting the application layer connection setup message and the corresponding messages to a network component. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49)
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50. A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor configured to; insert a unique identifier in an application layer connection setup message and substantially all corresponding messages to facilitate determining an access point related to the corresponding messages; and transmit the application layer connection setup message and the corresponding messages to a network component; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (51)
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52. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for inserting a unique identifier in an application layer connection setup message and substantially all corresponding messages to facilitate determining an access point related to the corresponding messages; and means for transmitting the application layer connection setup message and the corresponding messages to a network component. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54)
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55. A computer program product, comprising:
a computer-readable medium comprising; code for causing at least one computer to insert a unique identifier in an application layer connection setup message and substantially all corresponding messages to facilitate determining an access point related to the corresponding messages; and code for causing the at least one computer to transmit the application layer connection setup message and the corresponding messages to a network component. - View Dependent Claims (56)
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57. An apparatus, comprising:
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an identifier specification component that inserts a unique identifier in an application layer connection setup message and substantially all corresponding messages to facilitate determining an access point related to the corresponding messages; and an uplink transmission component that transmits the application layer connection setup message and the corresponding messages to a network component. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59)
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