Method of transmitting selected message frames without individual destination address in non-overlapping sequential time intervals from host computer to terminals via bridges and retransmitting thereafter
US5519834A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 11, 1992 |
| Grant date | May 21, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 11, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/14
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A local area network system (10) includes a host computer (14) connected in a wired LAN (12) with a plurality of bridges (18). The bridges (18) further connect with respective wireless LANs (100, 200, . . . , 600) which operate on a common wireless communication channel and contain respective pluralities of terminals (102, 202, . . . , 602). When a download operation is effected for initially starting up a new added terminal (e.g. 102-1), the bridges (18) are adapted to identify download message frames issued by the host computer (14) and retransmit each such frame (400) over the wireless communication channel in non-overlapping time intervals by applying respective different delays. Also, each download message frame is transmitted twice by each of the bridges (18).
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