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Apparatus for associating access points with stations using bid techniques

  • US 7,346,321 B2
  • Filed: 02/18/2004
  • Issued: 03/18/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for use in an access point in a wireless communications environment including multiple access points and stations, wherein stations gain network access by associating with one or more of the access points, comprising:

  • logic for collecting bid messages from stations, each bid message being a request from one station to associate with the access point and including a parameter related to the distance between the access point and that one station;

    logic for selecting one of the bid messages based at least in-part on the parameter related to distance; and

    logic for sending an accept message to the station which sent the selected bid message, the accept message for causing the station to associate with the access point.

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