Mobility support via routing
First Claim
1. A receiver diversity process comprising:
- each of a plurality of devices receiving packets wirelessly transmitted from a mobile station;
each device of the plurality of devices sending information to other devices in the plurality of devices indicating which of the wirelessly transmitted packets were received by said each device without error and a received signal strength for those packets of the wirelessly transmitted packets received without errors;
each device comparing signal strengths of each packet of the wirelessly transmitted packets that said each device has received without errors that has also been received by at least one of the other devices in the plurality of devices; and
said each device sending an acknowledgement packet to the mobile station for each wirelessly transmitted packet that said each device had received at a received signal strength higher than any other of the plurality of devices.
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Abstract
A communication system is described. In one embodiment, the communication system comprises a mobile station having a transmitter to transmit packets wirelessly according to a protocol and multiple repeaters communicably coupled with the mobile station. Each of the plurality of repeaters receives one or more packets of the wirelessly transmitted packets from the mobile station. Each of the repeaters receives an indication of which of the wirelessly transmitted packets were received without errors by other repeaters and a received signal strength for those packets. The communication system also includes a switch coupled to the repeaters. Each of the repeaters forwards to the switch each packet of the wirelessly transmitted packets that each repeater had received without errors at a received signal strength higher than any other repeater.
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20 Claims
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1. A receiver diversity process comprising:
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each of a plurality of devices receiving packets wirelessly transmitted from a mobile station;
each device of the plurality of devices sending information to other devices in the plurality of devices indicating which of the wirelessly transmitted packets were received by said each device without error and a received signal strength for those packets of the wirelessly transmitted packets received without errors;
each device comparing signal strengths of each packet of the wirelessly transmitted packets that said each device has received without errors that has also been received by at least one of the other devices in the plurality of devices; and
said each device sending an acknowledgement packet to the mobile station for each wirelessly transmitted packet that said each device had received at a received signal strength higher than any other of the plurality of devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A receiver diversity process comprising:
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a repeater sending information to other repeaters indicating which wirelessly transmitted packets received by the repeater from a mobile station without error and a received signal strength for those packets of the wirelessly transmitted packets received without errors;
the repeater receiving information from the other repeaters indicating which of the wirelessly transmitted packets were received by the other repeaters without error and a received signal strength for those packets of the wirelessly transmitted packets received without errors;
the repeater comparing signal strengths of each packet of the wirelessly transmitted packets that the repeater has received without errors that has also been received by at least one of the other repeaters; and
the repeater sending an acknowledgement packet to the mobile station for each wirelessly transmitted packet for which the repeater had received at a received signal strength higher than any of the other repeaters. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a mobile station having a transmitter to transmit packets wirelessly;
a plurality of repeaters communicably coupled with the mobile station, wherein each of the plurality of repeaters receives one or more packets of the wirelessly transmitted packets from the mobile station, wherein each of the plurality of repeaters receives an indication of which of the wirelessly transmitted packets were received by other repeaters without error and a received signal strength for those packets and sends an acknowledgement packet to the mobile station for each wirelessly transmitted packet that said each repeater had received at a received signal strength higher than any other of the plurality of repeaters; and
a switch coupled to the plurality of repeaters to receive wirelessly transmitted packets from the plurality of repeaters. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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receiving at least one 802.11 packet and associated signal strength encapsulated in at least one Ethernet packet from a first repeater in a wireless local area network (WLAN) via a wired connection;
rebroadcasting the at least one Ethernet packet to at least one other repeater for purposes of allowing the at least one other repeater to compare signal strength of an 802.11 packet received by the at least one other repeater with that of a duplicate 802.11 packet received by the first repeater.
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Specification