System and method for multi-mode radio operation
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1. A system, comprising:
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an access point connecting the mobile station to a network;
wherein the mobile station has a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation,the first mode of operation comprising the mobile station transmitting a data packet intended for a further mobile station to the access points and the access point transmitting the data packet to the further mobile station, and the mobile station listening for the data packet transmission from the access point to the further mobile station and the associated acknowledgement from the further mobile station to the access point,the second mode of operation comprising the mobile station transmitting the data packet intended for the further mobile station directly to the further mobile station when the address of the further mobile station is present in the table of the mobile station.
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Described is a system having a mobile station and an access point which connects the mobile station to a network. The mobile station has a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. In the first mode of operation, the mobile station transmits a data packet intended for a further mobile station to the access point and the access point transmits the data packet to the further mobile station. In the second mode of operation, the mobile station transmits the data packet intended for the further mobile station directly to the further mobile station.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a mobile station; and an access point connecting the mobile station to a network; wherein the mobile station has a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation, the first mode of operation comprising the mobile station transmitting a data packet intended for a further mobile station to the access points and the access point transmitting the data packet to the further mobile station, and the mobile station listening for the data packet transmission from the access point to the further mobile station and the associated acknowledgement from the further mobile station to the access point, the second mode of operation comprising the mobile station transmitting the data packet intended for the further mobile station directly to the further mobile station when the address of the further mobile station is present in the table of the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a mobile station; and an access point connecting the mobile station to a network; wherein the mobile station has a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation, the first mode of operation comprising the mobile station transmitting a data packet intended for a further mobile station to the access point and the access point transmitting the data packet to the further mobile station, the second mode of operation comprising the mobile station transmitting the data packet intended for the further mobile station directly to the further mobile station; wherein the mobile station includes a table to store a hardware address of the further mobile station, wherein the hardware address has a timer value associated therewith, wherein, when the timer value reaches a limit value, the hardware address is removed from the table.
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10. A system, comprising:
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a mobile station; and an access point connecting the mobile station to a network; wherein the mobile station has a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation, the first mode of operation comprising the mobile station transmitting a data packet intended for a further mobile station to the access point and the access point transmitting the data packet to the further mobile station, the second mode of operation comprising the mobile station transmitting the data packet intended for the further mobile station directly to the further mobile station; wherein the mobile station switches from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation when the mobile station hears an acknowledgment signal transmitted from the further mobile station to the access point.
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11. A system, comprising:
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a mobile station; and an access point connecting the mobile station to a network; wherein the mobile station has a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation, the first mode of operation comprising the mobile station transmitting a data packet intended for a further mobile station to the access point and the access point transmitting the data packet to the further mobile station, the second mode of operation comprising the mobile station transmitting the data packet intended for the further mobile station directly to the further mobile station; wherein the mobile station operates in the second mode of operation to transmit the data packet to the further mobile station and operates in the first mode of operation to transmit data packets to additional mobile stations without leaving the second mode of operation.
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12. A mobile station, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory storing a set of instructions for execution on the processor; wherein the set of instructions comprises a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation, the first mode of operation comprising the mobile station transmitting a data packet intended for a further mobile station to an access point connected to a network, the access point transmitting the data packet to the further mobile station, and the mobile station listening for the data packet transmission from the access point to the further mobile station and the associated acknowledgement from the further mobile station to the access point, the second mode of operation comprising the mobile station transmitting the data packet intended for the further mobile station directly to the further mobile station when the address of the further mobile station is present in the table. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A mobile station, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory storing a set of instructions for execution on the processor; wherein the set of instructions comprises a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation, the first mode of operation comprising the mobile station transmitting a data packet intended for a further mobile station to an access point connected to a network, the access point transmitting the data packet to the further mobile station, the second mode of operation comprising the mobile station transmitting the data packet intended for the further mobile station directly to the further mobile station; wherein the mobile station includes a table to store a hardware address of the further mobile station, wherein the hardware address has a timer value associated therewith, wherein when the timer value reaches a limit value, the hardware address is removed from the table.
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17. A mobile station, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory storing a set of instructions for execution on the processor; wherein the set of instructions comprises a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation, the first mode of operation comprising the mobile station transmitting a data packet intended for a further mobile station to an access point connected to a network, the access point transmitting the data packet to the further mobile station, the second mode of operation comprising the mobile station transmitting the data packet intended for the further mobile station directly to the further mobile station; wherein the mobile station operates in the first mode of operation to transmit data packets to additional mobile stations without leaving the second mode of operation.
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18. A method, comprising:
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checking a data packet transmitted to a mobile station; checking a field of a media access control frame when the data packet is from a mobile station with its hardware address present in the table of the mobile station that received the data packet; adjusting transmission power of the mobile station based on a value in the field; and transmitting a next media access control frame using the adjusted transmission power. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A method, comprising:
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sending a data packet destined for a mobile unit to an access point; listening for one of a transmission of the data packet by the access point to the mobile unit and a transmission of an acknowledgment by the mobile unit to the access point; adding an address of the mobile unit to a table when the one of the listened for transmissions is detected; and sending a further data packet destined for the mobile unit directly to the mobile unit when the address is present in the table. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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