Local area network
AssigneeNokia Mobile Phones Ltd.
InventorJari Pasanen
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Abstract
A wireless local area network (5) comprises at least one server device (1), one or several peripheral devices (6-15), and circuit (4, 16) for transferring information between the server device (1) and the peripheral devices (6-15). Transmission of information in the wireless local area network (5) is at least partly arranged to be conducted by a plurality of predetermined link agents, wherein the circuit for transferring information comprise circuit (4d, 16d) for generating a predetermined link agent circuit (4a, 16a) for transmitting the generated link agent, circuit (4b, 16b) for receiving the link agent, circuit (4d, 16d) for processing the received link agent, and circuit (4d, 16d) for carrying out one or several operations defined for the predetermined link agent generated.
Claims66
A wireless local area network comprising a number of devices, including a server device and one or more peripheral devices, communication between devices in the wireless local area network being arranged to be conducted at least partly by means of link agents, said link agents being associated with tasks to be performed in the wireless local area network and devices in the wireless local area network comprising means for generating link agents, means for transmitting link agents, means for receiving link agents, and means for processing link agents in order to perform tasks associated with said link agents, said link agents being independent of the devices in the wireless local area network, such that performance of a particular task associated with a particular link agent is not bound to a particular device in the wireless local area network and can be transferred to another device in the wireless local area network.
A system of wireless local area networks comprising at least a first wireless local area network and a second wireless local area network, each of said first and second wireless local area networks comprising a number of devices, including a server device and one or more peripheral devices,
- communication between devices in both of said first and said second wireless local area networks being arranged to be conducted at least partly by means of link agents specific respectively to said first wireless local area network and to said second wireless local area network, link agents specific to the first wireless local area network being associated with tasks to be performed in the first wireless local area network and link agents specific to the second wireless local area network being associated with tasks to be performed in the second wireless local area network,
- devices in the first and the second wireless local area networks comprising means for generating link agents, means for transmitting link agents, means for receiving link agents, and means for processing link agents in order to perform tasks associated with said link agents,
- said link agents specific to the first wireless local area network and said link agents specific to the second wireless local area network further being independent of the devices in respectively the first wireless local area network and the second wireless local area network, such that performance of a particular task associated with a particular link agent in the first wireless local area network is not bound to a particular device in the first wireless local area network and performance of a task associated with a particular link agent in the second wireless local area network is not bound to a particular device in the second wireless local area network and said tasks can be transferred to another device within respectively the first or the second wireless local area network.
A method for communicating in a wireless local area network, the wireless local area network comprising a number of devices, including a server device and one or more peripheral devices, said method comprising communicating between devices in the wireless local area network at least partly using link agents, and associating said link agents with tasks to be performed in the wireless local area network comprising means for generating link agents, means for transmitting link agents, means for receiving link agents, and means for processing link agents in order to perform tasks associated with said link agents, said link agents being independent of the devices in the wireless local area network, such that performance of a particular task associated with a particular link agent is not bound to a particular device in the wireless local area network and can be transferred to another device in the wireless local area network.
A mobile station comprising means for setting up a connection to a wireless local area network, communication between devices in the wireless local area network being arranged to be conducted at least partly by means of link agents, said link agents being associated with tasks to be performed in the wireless local area network,
- the mobile station comprising means for generating link agents, means for transmitting link agents, means for receiving link agents, and means for processing link agents in order to perform tasks associated with said link agents,
- said link agents being independent of the devices in the wireless local area network, such that performance of a particular task associated with a particular link agent is not bound to a particular device in the wireless local area network and can be transferred to another device in the wireless local area network.
A peripheral device for use in a wireless local area network in which communication between devices is arranged to be conducted at least partly by means of link agents, said link agents being associated with tasks to be performed in the wireless local area network,
- the peripheral device comprising means for setting up a connection to the wireless local area network, means for generating link agents, means for transmitting link agents, means for receiving link agents, and means for processing link agents in order to perform tasks associated with said link agents,
- said link agents being independent of the devices in the wireless local area network, such that performance of a particular task associated with a particular link agent is not bound to a particular device in the wireless local area network and can be transferred to another device in the wireless local area network.
A link agent for conducting communication in a wireless local area network, the wireless local area network comprising a number of devices, including a server device and, one or more peripheral devices, communication between devices in the wireless local area network being arranged to be conducted at least partly by means of link agents, said link agents being associated with tasks to be performed in the wireless local area network and being independent of the devices in the wireless local area network, such that performance of a particular task associated with a particular link agent is not bound to a particular device in the wireless local area network and can be transferred to another device in the wireless local area network.
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