Method and apparatus for connecting a wireless LAN to a wired LAN
US6549786B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 25, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 15, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/04
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An internetworking node for providing internetworking services for mobile wireless nodes is disclosed. Each mobile wireless node is associated with at the most one internetworking node. Each mobile wireless node selects which internetworking node it will associate with. The internetworking node will then act for all wireless nodes associated to it in relaying messages between wireless nodes or between a wired lane and the wireless nodes.
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