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Multi-band management of wireless relaying networks

  • US 9,749,874 B2
  • Filed: 07/17/2013
  • Issued: 08/29/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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