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Wireless infrastructure and ad hoc network integration

  • US 7,808,960 B1
  • Filed: 05/25/2007
  • Issued: 10/05/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for an access point (AP), the method comprising:

  • intermittently broadcasting, by the AP, a beacon message to be forwarded among a plurality of node devices to solicit joining a zone of the AP;

    receiving, by the AP, a reply message in response to the beacon message from a first node device of the plurality of node devices; and

    updating, by the AP, a list of node devices in the zone based on the reply message;

    wherein the zone of the AP includes second node devices of the plurality of node devices, and each of the second node devices has a default route to the AP through one or more hops.

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