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Wireless network beacon timing

US7983225B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Tropos Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

Frederick Dean · Wilmette, US
Devabhaktuni Srikrishna · San Francisco, US
Saar Gillai · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 30, 2007
Grant date	Jul 19, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 4, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W48/12
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method of a wireless network timing transmission of multiple BSSID beacons is disclosed. The method includes identifying multiple personalities of the wireless network, wherein a separate MAC address corresponding with each of the personalities. A beacon type is assigned for each of the personalities. During each transmission interval, a plurality of the beacon types are consecutively transmitted, wherein the different beacon types are consecutively spaced during transmission by a predetermined inter-frame spacing, wherein the predetermined inter-frame spacing is substantially less than an air-time duration of each transmission interval.

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