Wireless Access Points Providing Hybrid 802.11 and Scheduled Fixed Access Communications
AssigneeMimosa Networks, Inc.
InventorsJaime Fink, David Gurevich, Brian L. Hinman, Ashok N. Masilamani, Vishakan Ponnampalam
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Abstract
Wireless access points providing hybrid 802.11 and scheduled priority access communications are provided herein. An exemplary wireless access point may be configured to communicate with a set of standard access clients using an 802.11 mode of communication during standard access phases, as well as communicate with a set of priority access clients during priority access phases, when the wireless access point is not communicating with the set of standard access clients, using a priority mode of communication.
Claims2
A computing device configured to communicate with a wireless access point using a media access control (MAC) protocol, the computing device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory for storing a MAC protocol, wherein the MAC protocol is executed by the processor to:
- evaluate a priority activation frame received from the wireless access point to determine if a group identifier included in the priority activation frame corresponds to a group identifier assigned to the computing device by the wireless access point;
- communicate with the wireless access point, for a specified period of time specified in the priority activation frame, if the group identifier of the priority activation frame matches the group identifier of the computing device;
- and
- cease communication with the wireless access point if the group identifier of the priority activation frame does not match the group identifier of the computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.