Wireless local area network and access point for a wireless local area network
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1. A method comprising:
- assigning a first client station to a first basic service set serviced by an access point in a wireless local access network (WLAN), the first basic service set configured to support a mix of contemporary WLAN standards and legacy WLAN standards;
assigning a second client station to a second basic service set serviced by the access point, the second basic service set configured to support only contemporary WLAN standards and to operate at a greater data throughput than the first basic service set;
concurrently transceiving first data in a first wireless channel between the access point and the first client station and second data in a second wireless channel between the access point and the second client station,wherein concurrently transceiving the first and second data comprises;
processing the first data in a first medium access controller (MAC) entity of the access point and processing the second data in a second MAC entity of the access point, andtransferring the first data to at least one first radio frequency (RF) chain and transferring the second data to at least one second RF chain.
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Abstract
Embodiments related to Wireless Local Area Networks and access points for a Wireless Local Area Network are described and depicted.
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1. A method comprising:
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assigning a first client station to a first basic service set serviced by an access point in a wireless local access network (WLAN), the first basic service set configured to support a mix of contemporary WLAN standards and legacy WLAN standards; assigning a second client station to a second basic service set serviced by the access point, the second basic service set configured to support only contemporary WLAN standards and to operate at a greater data throughput than the first basic service set; concurrently transceiving first data in a first wireless channel between the access point and the first client station and second data in a second wireless channel between the access point and the second client station, wherein concurrently transceiving the first and second data comprises; processing the first data in a first medium access controller (MAC) entity of the access point and processing the second data in a second MAC entity of the access point, and transferring the first data to at least one first radio frequency (RF) chain and transferring the second data to at least one second RF chain. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A wireless local area network (WLAN) access point device comprising:
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a transceiver to simultaneously transceive first data over a first wireless channel to a station associated with a first basic service set, the first basic service set configured to support a mix of contemporary WLAN standards and legacy WLAN standards, and second data over a second wireless channel to a station associated with a second basic service set, the second basic service set configured to support only contemporary WLAN standards and to operate at a greater data throughput than the first basic service set; a first MAC entity to process the first data and a second MAC entity to process the second data; and one or more first RF chains, the one or more first RF chains being coupled to the first MAC entity and one or more second RF chains, the one or more second RF chains being coupled to the second MAC entity. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A wireless local access network (WLAN) communication device, comprising:
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a first port to receive data traffic comprising first and second data; a first MAC circuitry to process the first data, the first MAC circuitry configured to support a mix of contemporary WLAN standards and legacy WLAN standards; a second MAC circuitry to process the second data, the second MAC circuitry configured to support only contemporary WLAN standards; a controller entity to control concurrent transferring of the first data to the first MAC circuitry and transferring of the second data to the second MAC circuitry, wherein the controller entity is further configured to assign a first client station to a first basic service set and to assign a second client station to a second basic service set, wherein the first data is associated with the first basic service set and the second data is associated with the second basic service set, and wherein the controller entity is further configured to transfer the first and second data based on the determined first and second basic service set, the second basic service set configured to operate at a greater data throughput than the first basic service set; one or more first RF chains, the one or more first RF chains being coupled to the first MAC circuitry; and a second RF chain, the second RF chain being coupled to the second MAC circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A wireless local access network (WLAN) system, comprising
an access point; - and
a first WLAN basic service set providing data transfer in a first wireless channel and a second WLAN basic service set providing data transfer in a second wireless channel, wherein the first and second WLAN basic service sets are serviced by the access point concurrently and independent from the respective other WLAN basic service set, wherein the access point comprises a first MAC entity to process first data transferred over the first wireless channel and a second MAC entity to process second data transferred over the second wireless channel and wherein the first basic service set is configured to support a mix of contemporary WLAN standards and legacy WLAN standards and the second basic service set is configured to support only contemporary WLAN standards and to operate at a greater data throughput than the first basic service set. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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