Portable ap enhancements
AssigneeMarvellworld Trade Ltd.
InventorsSandesh Goel, Rajesh Shreeram Bhagwat
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Abstract
An access point configured to connect a station to a wireless network includes a wireless communication unit configured to send data to the station, and a control unit configured to adjust one or more operational parameters of the access point based on indicative parameters of a basic service set (BSS), which includes the access point and the station.
Claims20
An access point configured to connect a station to a wireless network, the access point comprising:
- a wireless communication unit configured to send data to the station;
- and
- a control unit configured to adjust one or more operational parameters of the access point based on indicative parameters of a basic service set (BSS).
A method of operating an access point configured to connect a station to a wireless network, the method comprising:
- monitoring one or more indicative parameters of a basic service set (BSS), the BSS comprising the access point and the station;
- and
- adjusting one or more operational parameters of the access point based on the one or more indicative parameters of the BSS.
A wireless network including one or more basic service sets (BSS) connected to a distribution system, each BSS comprising:
- one or more stations;
- and
- an access point configured to connect the one or more stations to the wireless network, the access point comprising:
- a wired communication unit connected to the distribution system to receive data destined to the one or more stations;
- a data storage configured to buffer the data destined to the one or more stations;
- a wireless communication unit configured to send the data to the one or more stations;
- and
- a control unit configured to monitor one or more indicative parameters of the BSS and adjust one or more operational parameters of the access point based on the one or more indicative parameters of the BSS,
- wherein the one or more indicative parameters of the BSS comprise at least one of:
- an amount of data traffic flowing through the access point;
- proximity of the one or more stations to the access point;
- an activity level in the BSS;
- and
- a reaction of the one or more stations to a notification regarding the data buffered at the data storage of the access point, and
- wherein the one or more operational parameters of the access point comprise at least one of:
- a clock frequency of the control unit, which is adjustable based on the amount of data traffic flowing through the access point;
- a transmit power of the wireless communication unit, which is adjustable based on the proximity of the one or more stations to the access point;
- an operational mode of the access point, which is switchable between an active mode and a sleep mode based on the activity level in the BSS;
- and
- an occupancy of the data storage, which is adjustable based on the reactions of the one or more stations regarding the data buffered at the data storage of the access point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.