Multi-band management of wireless relaying networks
First Claim
1. A method for wireless communications, comprising:
- associating with a station to establish a first wireless link in a wireless local area network (WLAN) concurrently with a second wireless link in the WLAN, the first wireless link directly from a gateway access point to the station to transmit a first type of traffic comprising beacon signals, and the second wireless link between the gateway access point and the station via at least one relay access point in the WLAN to transmit a second type of traffic;
identifying traffic buffered at the gateway access point for the station as the beacon signals or the second type of traffic;
transmitting the traffic identified as the beacon signals from the gateway access point directly to the station; and
transmitting the traffic identified as the second type of traffic from the gateway access point to the station via the at least one relay access point.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, devices, and apparatuses are described for wireless communications in which first type of traffic may be transmitted from a gateway access point (AP) directly to a station. Beacon signals transmitted to the station are transmitted as part of the first type of traffic. A second type of traffic may be transmitted from the gateway AP to the station via at least one relay AP. The first type of traffic may include low-throughput traffic and may be transmitted over a long-range radio link (e.g., 2 GHz band link or sub-1 GHz band link). The second type of traffic may include high-throughput traffic and may be transmitted over at least one short-range radio link (e.g., 5 GHz band link). The gateway AP may receive low-throughput traffic directly from the station and high-throughput traffic from the station via the at least one relay AP.
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39 Claims
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1. A method for wireless communications, comprising:
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associating with a station to establish a first wireless link in a wireless local area network (WLAN) concurrently with a second wireless link in the WLAN, the first wireless link directly from a gateway access point to the station to transmit a first type of traffic comprising beacon signals, and the second wireless link between the gateway access point and the station via at least one relay access point in the WLAN to transmit a second type of traffic; identifying traffic buffered at the gateway access point for the station as the beacon signals or the second type of traffic; transmitting the traffic identified as the beacon signals from the gateway access point directly to the station; and transmitting the traffic identified as the second type of traffic from the gateway access point to the station via the at least one relay access point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for wireless communications, comprising:
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associating with a gateway access point to establish a first wireless link in a wireless local area network (WLAN) concurrently with a second wireless link in the WLAN, the first wireless link directly from the gateway access point to a station to transmit a first type of traffic comprising beacon signals, and the second wireless link between the gateway access point and the station via at least one relay access point in the WLAN to transmit a second type of traffic; receiving the beacon signals at the station directly from the gateway access point; and receiving the second type of traffic at the station from the gateway access point via at least one relay access point, wherein the gateway access point has identified traffic buffered at the gateway access point for the station as beacon signals to transmit directly to the station or the second type of traffic to transmit to the station via the at least one relay access point. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A device for wireless communications, comprising:
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a gateway access point configured to; associate with a station to establish a first wireless link in a wireless local area network (WLAN) concurrently with a second wireless link in the WLAN, the first wireless link directly from the gateway access point to the station to transmit a first type of traffic comprising beacon signals, and the second wireless link between the gateway access point and the station via at least one relay access point in the WLAN to transmit a second type of traffic identify traffic buffered at the gateway access point for the station as the beacon signals or the second type of traffic; transmit the traffic identified as the beacon signals from the gateway access point directly to the station; and transmit the traffic identified as the second type of traffic from the gateway access point to the station via the at least one relay access point. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A device for wireless communications, comprising:
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a station configured to; associate with a gateway access point to establish a first wireless link in a wireless local area network (WLAN) concurrently with a second wireless link in the WLAN, the first wireless link directly from the gateway access point to the station to transmit a first type of traffic comprising beacon signals, and the second wireless link between the gateway access point and the station via at least one relay access point in the WLAN to transmit a second type of traffic; receive the beacon signals at the station directly from the gateway access point; and receive the second type of traffic at the station from the gateway access point via at least one relay access point, wherein the gateway access point has identified traffic buffered at the gateway access point for the station as beacon signals to transmit directly to the station or the second type of traffic to transmit to the station via the at least one relay access point. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for wireless communications, comprising:
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a station; a gateway access point communicatively coupled with the station, wherein the gateway access point is configured to associate with the station to establish a first wireless link in a wireless local area network (WLAN) concurrently with a second wireless link in the WLAN, the first wireless link directly from the gateway access point to the station to transmit a first type of traffic comprising beacon signals, and the second wireless link between the gateway access point and the station via at least one relay access point in the WLAN to transmit a second type of traffic; identify traffic buffered at the gateway access point for the station as the beacon signals or the second type of traffic; and transmit the traffic identified as the beacon signals from the gateway access point directly to the station; and the at least one relay access point communicatively coupled with the gateway access point and the station, the gateway access point being configured to transmit the traffic identified as the second type of traffic to the station via the at least one relay access point and over at least one short-range radio link.
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28. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
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means for associating with a station to establish a first wireless link in a wireless local area network (WLAN) concurrently with a second wireless link in the WLAN, the first wireless link directly from a gateway access point to the station to transmit a first type of traffic comprising beacon signals, and the second wireless link between the gateway access point and the station via at least one relay access point in the WLAN to transmit a second type of traffic; means for identifying traffic buffered at the gateway access point for the station as the beacon signals or the second type of traffic; means for transmitting the traffic identified as the beacon signals from the gateway access point directly to the station; and means for transmitting the traffic identified as the second type of traffic from the gateway access point to the station via the at least one relay access point. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
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means for associating with a gateway access point to establish a first wireless link in a wireless local area network (WLAN) concurrently with a second wireless link in the WLAN, the first wireless link directly from the gateway access point to a station to transmit a first type of traffic comprising beacon signals, and the second wireless link between the gateway access point and the station via at least one relay access point in the WLAN to transmit a second type of traffic; means for receiving the beacon signals at the station directly from the gateway access point; and means for receiving the second type of traffic at the station from the gateway access point via at least one relay access point, wherein the gateway access point has identified traffic buffered at the gateway access point for the station as beacon signals to transmit directly to the station or the second type of traffic to transmit to the station via the at least one relay access point. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A computer program product, comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising; code for causing at least one computer to associate with a station to establish a first wireless link in a wireless local area network (WLAN) concurrently with a second wireless link in the WLAN, the first wireless link directly from a gateway access point to the station to transmit a first type of traffic comprising beacon signals, and the second wireless link between the gateway access point and the station via at least one relay access point in the WLAN to transmit a second type of traffic; code for causing the at least one computer to identify traffic buffered at the gateway access point for the station as the beacon signals or the second type of traffic; code for causing the at least one computer to transmit the traffic identified as the beacon signals from the gateway access point directly to the station; and code for causing the at least one computer to transmit the traffic identified as the second type of traffic from the gateway access point to the station via the at least one relay access point.
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39. A computer program product, comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising; code for causing at least one computer to associate with a gateway access point to establish a first wireless link in a wireless local area network (WLAN) concurrently with a second wireless link in the WLAN, the first wireless link directly from the gateway access point to a station to transmit a first type of traffic comprising beacon signals, and the second wireless link between the gateway access point and the station via at least one relay access point in the WLAN to transmit a second type of traffic; code for causing the at least one computer to receive the beacon signals at the station directly from the gateway access point; and code for causing the at least one computer to receive the second type of traffic at the station from the gateway access point via at least one relay access point, wherein the gateway access point has identified traffic buffered at the gateway access point for the station as beacon signals to transmit directly to the station or the second type of traffic to transmit to the station via the at least one relay access point.
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