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Method and apparatus for dormant mode support with paging

  • US 7,610,053 B2
  • Filed: 01/19/2006
  • Issued: 10/27/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for establishing a plurality of paging areas in a WLAN, wherein the WLAN comprises a plurality of access points, comprising:

  • forming a plurality of access point groups, wherein each of the plurality of access point groups is formed from a subset of the plurality of access points that is organized as a tree structure, and each access point group defining a paging area having a unique paging area identification number that is broadcasted by each access point in the access group throughout the access point group;

    establishing a protocol for communications among the plurality of access points; and

    adding operations to the protocol for manipulating the tree structure of each access point group, wherein the operations comprise a first access point sending a request to a second access point to cause the second access point to change a list that includes all of slave access points associated with the second access point.

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