802.11 mesh architecture
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1. A wireless network device comprising:
- a physical layer (PHY) module that sends and receives packets wirelessly;
a first media access control (MAC) module that wirelessly communicates in an ad-hoc mode or a mesh mode with a second wireless network device via the PHY module;
a second MAC module that wirelessly communicates in an infrastructure mode with an access point via the PHY module; and
a physical dispatcher module that directs packets from the PHY module to the first MAC module or the second MAC module, wherein (i) packets wirelessly communicated by the ad-hoc mode or the mesh mode are directed to the first MAC module and (ii) packets wirelessly communicated by the infrastructure mode are directed to the second MAC module.
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Abstract
A wireless network device comprises a physical layer (PHY) module that sends and receives packets wirelessly, a first media access control (MAC) module that wirelessly communicates with a second wireless network device in an ad-hoc mode via the PHY module, and a second MAC module that wirelessly communicates with an access point in an infrastructure mode via the PHY module.
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1. A wireless network device comprising:
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a physical layer (PHY) module that sends and receives packets wirelessly; a first media access control (MAC) module that wirelessly communicates in an ad-hoc mode or a mesh mode with a second wireless network device via the PHY module; a second MAC module that wirelessly communicates in an infrastructure mode with an access point via the PHY module; and a physical dispatcher module that directs packets from the PHY module to the first MAC module or the second MAC module, wherein (i) packets wirelessly communicated by the ad-hoc mode or the mesh mode are directed to the first MAC module and (ii) packets wirelessly communicated by the infrastructure mode are directed to the second MAC module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20)
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11. A method for a wireless network device, the method comprising:
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wirelessly communicating in a first mode with a first wireless network device via a physical layer (PHY) module, wherein the first mode is an ad-hoc mode or a mesh mode; wirelessly communicating in a second mode with an access point via the PHY module, wherein the second mode is an infrastructure mode; receiving packets for the first mode and packets for the second mode over a single wireless interface; directing the packets of the first mode to a first media access control (MAC) module; and directing the packets of the second mode to a second MAC module. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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