Mixing basic service set (BSS) traffic and mesh forwarding traffic
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1. A method of merging Basic Service Set (BSS) and mesh traffic comprising:
- sharing a same channel for mesh traffic and BSS traffic, the sharing a channel comprising at least one of a group consisting of;
reserving a channel for BSS traffic by a Mesh Access Point (MAP), said reserving comprising sending one of a group consisting of a CC-RTS and a CC-CTS addressed to said MAP; and
blocking use of the channel by a BSS station when the channel is not reserved, said blocking use of the channel comprising said MAP sending a frame setting a NAV in the BSS, wherein said blocking use of the channel by a BSS station comprises said MAP sending a frame on the BSS channel that sets the NAV of the stations in the BSS, wherein said MAP sending a frame comprises said MAP sending a QoS CF-Poll frame addressed to said MAP, and wherein MPs hearing said QoS poll, said QoS poll having a same first address and second address field in a MAC header of said frame and wherein said frame has a non-zero duration field, disregard said frame.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for mixing Basic Service Set (BSS) and mesh traffic is presented. A same channel or a same radio is shared for mesh traffic and BSS traffic. The sharing of the channel including reserving a channel for BSS traffic by a Mesh Access Point (MAP), the reserving comprising sending a CC-RTS or a CC-CTS addressed to the MAP and/or blocking use of the channel by a BSS stations when the channel is not reserved for BSS traffic, the blocking use of the channel comprising the MAP sending a frame setting a NAV in the BSS. The shared radio is switchable between serving the BSS traffic and serving the mesh traffic.
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1. A method of merging Basic Service Set (BSS) and mesh traffic comprising:
sharing a same channel for mesh traffic and BSS traffic, the sharing a channel comprising at least one of a group consisting of; reserving a channel for BSS traffic by a Mesh Access Point (MAP), said reserving comprising sending one of a group consisting of a CC-RTS and a CC-CTS addressed to said MAP; and blocking use of the channel by a BSS station when the channel is not reserved, said blocking use of the channel comprising said MAP sending a frame setting a NAV in the BSS, wherein said blocking use of the channel by a BSS station comprises said MAP sending a frame on the BSS channel that sets the NAV of the stations in the BSS, wherein said MAP sending a frame comprises said MAP sending a QoS CF-Poll frame addressed to said MAP, and wherein MPs hearing said QoS poll, said QoS poll having a same first address and second address field in a MAC header of said frame and wherein said frame has a non-zero duration field, disregard said frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of merging Basic Service Set (BSS) and mesh traffic comprising:
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sharing a same radio for mesh traffic and BSS traffic, said radio switchable between serving said BSS and serving said mesh, wherein said sharing a radio comprises; blocking use of the channel by a BSS station when the channel is not reserved, said blocking use of the channel comprising said MAP sending a frame setting a NAV in the BSS; and setting the radio to a data channel and transmitting mesh traffic during a time interval of said NAV, wherein said MAP sending a frame comprises said MAP sending a QoS CF-Poll frame addressed to said MAP, wherein MPs hearing said QoS poll, said QoS poll having a same first address and second address field in a MAC header of said frame and wherein said frame has a non-zero duration field, disregard said frame.
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7. A communication system comprising at least one BSS and at least one MAP, at least one of said BSS and said MAP comprising:
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a memory; a processor; a communications interface; an interconnection mechanism coupling the memory, the processor and the communications interface; and wherein the memory is encoded with a BSS and mesh traffic merging application that when performed on the processor, provides a process for processing information, the communication system capable of performing the operations of; sharing a same channel for mesh traffic and BSS traffic, the sharing a channel comprising at least one of a group consisting of; reserving a channel for BSS traffic by a Mesh Access Point (MAP), said reserving comprising sending one of a group consisting of a CC-RTS and a CC-CTS addressed to said MAP; and blocking use of the channel by a BSS station when the channel is not reserved, said blocking use of the channel comprising said MAP sending a frame setting a NAV in the BSS, wherein said blocking use of the channel by a BSS station comprises said MAP sending a frame that sets the NAV in the BSS, wherein said MAP sending a frame comprises said MAP sending a QoS CF-Poll frame addressed to said MAP, wherein said QoS CF-Poll frame includes a time interval that the BSS stations refrain from accessing the channel, and wherein said communication system is further capable of MPs hearing said QoS poll, said QoS poll having a same first address and second address field in a MAC header of said frame and wherein said frame has a non-zero duration field, disregard said frame. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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