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Opportunistic use of wireless network stations as repeaters

  • US 8,270,338 B2
  • Filed: 09/26/2011
  • Issued: 09/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device comprising:

  • memory;

    one or more processors;

    one or more wireless network interfaces to facilitate access to a wireless network, wherein each wireless network interface supports a promiscuous mode; and

    a repeater service module, stored in the memory and executed on the one or more processors, the repeater service module for accessing the one or more wireless network interfaces to activate a repeater function at the device, wherein the repeater service module comprises;

    a network coding module to improve capacity of the wireless network, the network coding module comprising;

    a buffer module to locally buffer packets sent or received by one or more stations in the wireless network for a certain period of time to form buffered packets;

    a mixing module to mix, at the device activating the repeater function, a packet received from a first station for an access point and a packet received from the access point for the first station to form a mixed packet;

    a broadcast module to broadcast the mixed packet to the one or more stations in the wireless network; and

    a decode module to decode the mixed packets received based on the buffered packets.

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