Communication network providing wireless and hard-wired dynamic routing
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorRobert C. Meier
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Abstract
A data communication network for providing dynamic routing through both wireless and wired subnetworks to support wireless communication devices and wired remote stations is disclosed. In the wireless network, the wireless communication devices can be mobile RF terminals, while the wired remote stations might be personal computers attached to a wired subnet, such as an ethernet coaxial cable. The wireless network architecture utilizes a spanning tree configuration which provides for transparent bridging between wired subnets and the wireless subnets. The spanning tree configuration provides dynamic routing to and from wireless communication devices and remote stations attached to standard IEEE 802 LANs.
Claims6
A communication network comprising:
- a first and second wired subnet;
- a first wired access point connected to the first wired subnet;
- a second wired access point connected to the second wired subnet;
- a plurality of intermediate wireless access points providing a wireless communication pathway between the first and second wired access points;
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- said first and second wired access points and said plurality of intermediate wireless access points, together, forming a spanning tree which communicatively interconnects the first and second wired subnets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.