Signal handling for wireless clients
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- an input circuit configured to receive packets of data from a network, the packets of data being addressed to one or more wireless clients;
a wireless output circuit configured to transmit respective ones of the packets of data wirelessly to the one or more wireless clients;
a wireless input circuit configured to receive wireless signals from the one or more wireless clients; and
an output circuit configured to repeatedly transmit one or more predetermined packets to the network on behalf of one of the wireless clients in response to a respective one of the wireless signals having been received by the wireless input circuit from the one of the wireless clients,wherein the one of the wireless clients does not transmit the one or more predetermined packets to the apparatus, and the one or more predetermined packets include a reply to the packets of data addressed to the one or more wireless clients.
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising an input circuit to receive packets of data from a network. A wireless output circuit transmits respective ones of the packets of data wirelessly to one or more wireless clients. A wireless input circuit receives wireless signals from the one or more wireless clients. An output circuit transmits one or more predetermined packets repeatedly to the network on behalf of one of the wireless clients in response to a respective one of the wireless signals received by the wireless input circuit from the one of the wireless clients.
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32 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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an input circuit configured to receive packets of data from a network, the packets of data being addressed to one or more wireless clients; a wireless output circuit configured to transmit respective ones of the packets of data wirelessly to the one or more wireless clients; a wireless input circuit configured to receive wireless signals from the one or more wireless clients; and an output circuit configured to repeatedly transmit one or more predetermined packets to the network on behalf of one of the wireless clients in response to a respective one of the wireless signals having been received by the wireless input circuit from the one of the wireless clients, wherein the one of the wireless clients does not transmit the one or more predetermined packets to the apparatus, and the one or more predetermined packets include a reply to the packets of data addressed to the one or more wireless clients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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receiving packets of data from a network at an apparatus, the packets of data addressed to one or more wireless clients; transmitting respective ones of the packets of data wirelessly to the one or more wireless clients; receiving wireless signals from the one or more wireless clients; and repeatedly transmitting one or more predetermined packets from the apparatus to the network on behalf of one of the wireless clients in response to a respective one of the wireless signals received from the one of the wireless clients, wherein the one of the wireless clients does not transmit the one or more predetermined packets to the apparatus, and the one or more predetermined packets include a reply to the packets of data addressed to the one or more wireless clients. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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