Wireless network and access point for a wireless network
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a transceiver to simultaneously transceivefirst data to a station associated with a first basic service set, the first basic service set configured to support a mix of contemporary wireless standards and legacy wireless standards,and second data to a station associated with a second basic service set, the second basic service set configured to support only contemporary wireless 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.
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Abstract
A system is disclosed that may include an access point and a first wireless basic service set providing data transfer and a second wireless basic service set providing data transfer. The first and second wireless basic service sets are serviced by the access point concurrently and independent from the respective other wireless basic service set, wherein the access point may include a first MAC entity to process first data and a second MAC entity to process second data and wherein the first basic service set is configured to support a mix of contemporary wireless standards and legacy wireless standards and the second basic service set is configured to support only contemporary wireless standards and to operate at a greater data throughput than the first basic service set.
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16 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a transceiver to simultaneously transceive first data to a station associated with a first basic service set, the first basic service set configured to support a mix of contemporary wireless standards and legacy wireless standards, and second data to a station associated with a second basic service set, the second basic service set configured to support only contemporary wireless 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 (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus, 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 wireless standards and legacy wireless standards; a second MAC circuitry to process the second data, the second MAC circuitry configured to support only contemporary wireless 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 (7, 8, 9)
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10. A system, comprising
an access point; - and
a first wireless basic service set providing data transfer and a second wireless basic service set providing data transfer, wherein the first and second wireless basic service sets are serviced by the access point concurrently and independent from the respective other wireless basic service set, wherein the access point comprises a first MAC entity to process first data and a second MAC entity to process second data and wherein the first basic service set is configured to support a mix of contemporary wireless standards and legacy wireless standards and the second basic service set is configured to support only contemporary wireless standards and to operate at a greater data throughput than the first basic service set. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A method comprising:
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assigning a first client station to a first basic service set serviced by an access point, the first basic service set configured to support a mix of contemporary wireless standards and legacy wireless 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 wireless standards and to operate at a greater data throughput than the first basic service set; concurrently transceiving first data between the access point and the first client station and second data 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 (13, 14, 15, 16)
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