Public access point

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2011-01-25

2011-01-25

Corsaro, Nick (Department: 2617)

Telecommunications

Radiotelephone system

Security or fraud prevention

C370S338000, C726S015000, C726S017000, C380S261000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07877080

ABSTRACT:
The invention instantiates a Personal VLAN bridge, using IEEE Std. 802.11 elements. The result is a bridge, referred to as a public access point, that is better suited for implementing public wireless data networks than the IEEE Std. 802.11 architecture. The invention also provides a location-update protocol for updating the forwarding tables of bridges that connect public access points together. The invention further provides a method for more controlled bridging, which is referred to as fine bridging.

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