Wearable access point
First Claim
1. A portable access point comprising:
- a wireless local area network (LAN) transceiverthat selectively establishes a plurality of wireless links with a plurality of wireless client devices, respectively, andthat includes a sleep mode that ends transmission and waits for a resume signal to be received;
a wireless wide area network (WAN) transceiverthat establishes a data connection with an Internet Service Provider (ISP),that receives and forwards data packets from at least one of said wireless client devices to said ISP, andthat receives and forwards data packets from said ISP to said one of said wireless client devices;
a routing device that routes data packets between said wireless LAN transceiver and said wireless WAN transceiver;
a power source that provides portable power for said portable access point;
a control module that controls operation of said wireless LAN transceiver and said wireless WAN transceiver,wherein said control module selectively transitions said wireless LAN transceiver to said sleep mode when packets have not been received at said wireless LAN transceiver for a first period of time, andwherein said first period of time is based on said state of charge; and
a first storage device that stores operating system and application instructions for said control module.
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Abstract
A portable access point comprises a wireless LAN transceiver that selectively establishes a plurality of Ethernet wireless links with a plurality of wireless client devices, respectively. A wireless WAN transceiver establishes an Ethernet data connection with an Internet Service Provider (ISP), receives and forwards Ethernet data packets from at least one of said wireless client devices to said ISP and receives and forwards Ethernet data packets from said ISP to said one of said wireless client devices. A routing device routes Ethernet data packets between said wireless LAN transceiver and said wireless WAN transceiver. A control module controls operation of said wireless LAN transceiver and said wireless WAN transceiver. A first storage device stores operating system and application instructions for said control module.
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47 Claims
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1. A portable access point comprising:
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a wireless local area network (LAN) transceiver that selectively establishes a plurality of wireless links with a plurality of wireless client devices, respectively, and that includes a sleep mode that ends transmission and waits for a resume signal to be received; a wireless wide area network (WAN) transceiver that establishes a data connection with an Internet Service Provider (ISP), that receives and forwards data packets from at least one of said wireless client devices to said ISP, and that receives and forwards data packets from said ISP to said one of said wireless client devices; a routing device that routes data packets between said wireless LAN transceiver and said wireless WAN transceiver; a power source that provides portable power for said portable access point; a control module that controls operation of said wireless LAN transceiver and said wireless WAN transceiver, wherein said control module selectively transitions said wireless LAN transceiver to said sleep mode when packets have not been received at said wireless LAN transceiver for a first period of time, and wherein said first period of time is based on said state of charge; and a first storage device that stores operating system and application instructions for said control module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method comprising:
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providing a mobile access point that supports a wireless local area network (LAN) and a wide area network (WAN); selectively establishing a plurality of wireless links with a plurality of remote wireless client devices, respectively; selectively establishing an data connection with a remote Internet Service Provider (ISP); receiving and forwarding data packets from at least one of said wireless client devices to said ISP; receiving and forwarding data packets from said ISP to said one of said wireless client devices; routing packets between said wireless LAN and said wireless WAN; providing portable power for said mobile access point; controlling operation of said wireless LAN and said wireless WAN; operating said mobile access point in a sleep mode until a resume signal is received from one of the plurality of wireless client devices; transitioning said mobile access point to said sleep mode when packets have not been received from the plurality of wireless client devices for a first period of time; monitoring a state of charge; varying said first period of time in accordance with said state of charge; and storing operating system and application instructions. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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