Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Including private cordless extension system
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-31
2010-10-12
Mizrahi, Diane (Department: 2617)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Including private cordless extension system
C455S509000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07813744
ABSTRACT:
A LAN has a wireless portion which includes access points and wireless communications devices and a wired portion which includes such things as routers, servers, and a PBX. The LAN operates in a radio frequency band where certain channels (DFS channels) are shared with a signal that is of higher priority than the communications signals transmitted and received by the access point and the wireless communications devices. If a higher priority signal is sensed on a particular channel of the wireless medium by a master device, it is necessary for all of the slave devices communicating on this channel to stop transmitting on that channel within a short period of time. The wireless communications devices are mobile and can be easily transported around in space or roam during a communications session. While roaming during a communications session, it is likely that the communications device will move out of range of an access point with which it is currently associated and possibly cause the session to end prematurely, and so it is important that a handoff procedure operates so that a communications session is continuous as the communications device roams from access point to access point. By setting and maintaining a timer dedicated to each available DFS channel, it is possible to ensure that the communications sessions is not interrupted during the roaming process in an environment were certain channels are shared with a higher priority signal.
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Mizrahi Diane
Polycom, Inc.
Wong Cabello Lutsch Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP
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