Wireless network system with wireless access ports
First Claim
1. A communication system comprising:
- a wireless switch;
a plurality of wired access ports coupled to the wireless switch via a wired connection and configured to receive data over the wired connection and over a first wireless connection; and
a plurality of wireless access ports each configured to receive data over a second wireless connection from a mobile user and to send data over the first wireless connection to the one of the plurality of wired access ports, the wireless access port further configured toreceive and to encapsulate first wireless data packets received from the mobile user into first wired data packets based on a wired transmission protocol including adding a header into the first wired data packets with a destination address field indicating an address of the wireless switch andthen to further encapsulate the first wired data packets into second wireless data packets based on a wireless transmission protocol including adding a header into the second wireless data packets with a destination address field indicating an address of the wired access port; and
wherein the wired access ports are each configured to receive the second wireless data packets from one of the plurality of wireless access ports and to extract the first wired data packets from the second wireless data packets received for subsequent transmission over the wired connection to the wireless switch.
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Abstract
A communication system comprises a wireless switch, a plurality of wired access ports and a plurality of wireless access ports. The plurality of wired access ports are coupled to the wireless switch via a wired connection and are configured to receive data over the wired connection and over a wireless connection. The plurality of wireless access ports are configured to receive data over the wireless connection from the wireless access port and to send data over the wireless connection to the wired access port. The wireless access ports are further configured to receive and encapsulate first wireless data packets in to first wired data packets based on a wired transmission protocol and encapsulate the first wired data packets into second wireless data packets based on a wireless transmission protocol.
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18 Claims
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1. A communication system comprising:
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a wireless switch; a plurality of wired access ports coupled to the wireless switch via a wired connection and configured to receive data over the wired connection and over a first wireless connection; and a plurality of wireless access ports each configured to receive data over a second wireless connection from a mobile user and to send data over the first wireless connection to the one of the plurality of wired access ports, the wireless access port further configured to receive and to encapsulate first wireless data packets received from the mobile user into first wired data packets based on a wired transmission protocol including adding a header into the first wired data packets with a destination address field indicating an address of the wireless switch and then to further encapsulate the first wired data packets into second wireless data packets based on a wireless transmission protocol including adding a header into the second wireless data packets with a destination address field indicating an address of the wired access port; and wherein the wired access ports are each configured to receive the second wireless data packets from one of the plurality of wireless access ports and to extract the first wired data packets from the second wireless data packets received for subsequent transmission over the wired connection to the wireless switch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An access port for use in a wireless local area network comprising:
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an antenna coupled to the wireless receiver; a wireless receiver coupled to the antenna and configured to receive data packets sent over a wireless link; a wireless transmitter coupled to the antenna and configured to transmit data packets over the wireless link; and a processor coupled to the wireless receiver and wireless transmitter, the processor configured to; first encapsulate a first wireless data packet received by the wireless receiver into a first wired data packet using a wired data protocol including adding a header into the first wired data packet with a destination address field indicating an address of a wireless switch, further encapsulate the first wired data packet into a second wireless data protocol including adding a header into the second wireless data packet with a destination address field indicating an address of a wired access port, and transmit the second wireless data packet to the wired access port via a wireless connection, wherein the wired access port is connected to the wireless switch via a wired connection (105). - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for transmitting wireless data packets from a wireless access port to a wireless switch comprising:
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receiving a first wireless data packet by the wireless access port; forming a first wired data packet by encapsulating the first wireless data packet into a wired data protocol frame; adding a header into the first wired data packet with a destination address field indicating an address of the wireless switch; forming a second wireless data packet by encapsulating the first wired data packet into a wireless frame, adding a header into the second wireless data packet with a destination address field indicating an address of a wired access port; and transmitting the second wireless data packet from the wireless access port to a wired access port via a wireless connection, wherein the wired access port is connected to the wireless switch via a wired connection. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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