Loading patent…
AssigneeSymbol Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRobert E. Beach, Jason T. Harris, Richard C. Montgomery, Wanda Sealander
Estimating the term…
A wireless local area network that carries mixed traffic of voice and data communications may be provided. The wireless local area network may include an access point and a plurality of remote terminals that are associated with the access point. The access point may be operably coupled to a wireline network. The access point may receive voice and other communications packets from the remote terminals and the wireline network. Some of the packets may be for transmission to the remote terminals. The access point manages which packets to transmit and when to transmit packets. The access point may manage traffic to maintain a fair distribution of packets and to give priority to voice communications over other communications.
An access point for use in a mixed traffic wireless local area network that includes a plurality of remote terminals that are associated with the access point with at least one of the remote terminals being voice-capable, where the access point and the remote terminals communicate by transmitting and receiving variable-size communications data packets and voice packets on a half-duplex communications medium that is shared between the access point and the remote terminals, said access point being configured to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.