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AssigneeAlcatel
InventorsGerard Thomas, Luc Brignol, Florence Christien
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A wireless local area network includes a plurality of stations each comprising a data processing machine connected to a radio send-receive interface. Each data processing machine includes an interface controller for sending a message containing an address designating a destination station and for receiving messages addressed to it. The network further includes a repeater including a radio send-receive interface connected to a radiating cable passing near all the stations to receive all messages sent by the stations, to modify these messages to indicate that the message has passed through the repeater and to retransmit these messages over the radiating cable. The radio send-receive interface of each station ignores any messages not sent by the repeater. The wireless local area network finds an application in computer networking.
Wireless local area network including a plurality of stations each including means for sending and receiving radio messages and a repeater for retransmitting each message sent by a station, said repeater being connected to a radiating cable passing near all said stations, wherein said repeater adds to each message retransmitted at least one indication that said message has passed through said repeater and each station includes means for ignoring messages that do not contain an indication that the message has passed through said repeater.
A station for a wireless local area network having a repeater connected to a radiating cable Passing by a plurality of stations in said wireless local area network, comprising:
A repeater for a wireless local area network having said repeater connected to a radiating cable passing by a plurality of stations in said wireless local area network, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.