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Wireless LAN architecture for integrated time-critical and non-time-critical services within medical facilities

  • US 7,153,263 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2004
  • Issued: 12/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An access point used to track a location of a plurality of patients in a medical facility, comprising:

  • a first transceiver module which implements a realtime wireless protocol to transfer time-critical wireless data to the hardwired network with a known maximum latency; and

    a second transceiver module which implements a non-realtime wireless protocol to provide non-realtime wireless access to the hardwired network, wherein the access point communicates via the first transceiver module and the second transceiver module simultaneously, and further wherein the first transceiver module is used to track the location of the plurality of patients.

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