Method and operation for operation between WPAN and WLAN for a network interface card
US8837353B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 2009 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W36/0027
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A wireless network adapter may provide an absence indicator to devices in a first network to alert such devices to a time period when the wireless network adapter is not available in the first network. The wireless network adapter may operate in multiple networks, wherein the multiple networks are time division multiplexed on a same transmission channel. The absence indicator may be provided as a Notice Of Absence (NOA) Information Element (IE).
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