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Wireless network and access point for a wireless network

US8811245B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3References

16Claims

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Assignee

Lantiq Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernhard Rohfleisch · Wolfratshausen, DE
Charles Bry · Unterhaching, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 31, 2012
Grant date	Aug 19, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 31, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W88/08
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system is disclosed that may include an access point and a first wireless basic service set providing data transfer and a second wireless basic service set providing data transfer. The first and second wireless basic service sets are serviced by the access point concurrently and independent from the respective other wireless basic service set, wherein the access point may include a first MAC entity to process first data and a second MAC entity to process second data and wherein the first basic service set is configured to support a mix of contemporary wireless standards and legacy wireless standards and the second basic service set is configured to support only contemporary wireless standards and to operate at a greater data throughput than the first basic service set.

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