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US 2010/0302982 A1Published application
Method for receiving packets and apparatus for using the same
AssigneeRalink Technology Corporation
InventorsChia Hsiang Hsu, Tsung Yuan Pan
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Abstract
An apparatus utilizes different channels for forwarding notification packets to at least one station and an access point. The station and the access point start or stop forwarding packets to the apparatus according to the notification packets. The station and the access point also temporarily store the packets to be forwarded to the apparatus and forward the packets to the apparatus after receiving a start notification packet from the apparatus.
Claims18
A method for receiving packets, comprising:
- forwarding a first stop notification packet to at least one station through a first channel;
- forwarding a first start notification packet to an access point through a second channel;
- receiving a packet forwarded from the access point through the second channel;
- forwarding a second stop notification packet to the access point through the second channel;
- forwarding a second start notification packet to the at least one station through the first channel;
- and
- receiving a packet forwarded from the at least one station through the first channel.
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An apparatus for receiving packets, comprising:
- a notifying unit configured to forward at least one notification packet to at least one station and an access point through a first channel and a second channel, respectively;
- a switching unit configured to switch from the first channel to the second channel or from the second channel to the first channel;
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- a receiving unit configured to receive packets forwarded from the at least one station and packets forwarded from the access point through the first channel and the second channel, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.