Direct wireless client to client communication

US7577125B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Abhishek Abhishek · Sammamish, US
• Amer A. Hassan · Cary, US
• Thomas W. Kuehnel · Seattle, US
• Noel W. Anderson · Fargo, US
• Christian Huitema · Clyde Hill, US
• Jiandong Ruan · Bellevue, US
• Francis Duong · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 2005
• Grant date: Aug 18, 2009
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W76/14
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless station is connected to a wireless network through an access point and can establish a direct client-to-client connection to a second wireless station. The wireless station can communicate directly with the second wireless station without involving the access point. The wireless station communicates with the wired network and with other wireless stations through the access point. The second wireless station may have an infrastructure connection to the access point or may be independent.