# US 2021/0242929 A1 · System and Method for Inter-Basic Service Set Communications

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- Number: US 2021/0242929 A1
- Document ID: US20210242929A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/201,772
- Filed: 2021-03-15
- Published: 2021-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2015-12-30
- Assignees: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
- Applicants: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
- Inventors: George Calcev; Majid Ghanbarinejad; Diana Maamari
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210242929A1

## CPC

- H04B 7/14: Relay systems
- H04B 7/0452: Multi-user MIMO systems
- H04B 7/1555: {Selecting relay station antenna mode, e.g. selecting omnidirectional -, directional beams, selecting polarizations}
- H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
- H04W 88/04: adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
- H04W 88/08: Access point devices
- H04B 7/022: Site diversity; Macro-diversity (using two or more spaced independent antennas H04B7/04)
- H04B 7/2606: {Arrangements for base station coverage control, e.g. by using relays in tunnels}
- H04W 36/0005: {Control or signalling for completing the hand-off}
- H04W 36/0016: {Hand-off preparation specially adapted for end-to-end data sessions}
- H04B: TRANSMISSION
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A method for multiple association includes associating with a first access point (AP) in a primary basic service set (BSS), associating with a second AP in a secondary BSS, informing the first and second APs of an inter-BSS relaying capability of a doubly-associated station, and relaying data between the first AP and the second AP.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for multiple association, the method comprising:
selecting, by a first access point (AP), a station capable of communicating with a second AP, the station being associated with the first AP in a primary basic service set (BSS);
instructing, by the first AP, the station to associate with the second AP in a secondary BSS; and
transmitting, by the first AP to the station, data intended for the second AP.