Wireless infrastructure and ad hoc network integration

Details Wireless infrastructure and ad hoc network integration Wireless infrastructure and ad hoc network integration

2007-05-25

2010-10-05

Afshar, Kamran (Department: 2617)

Multiplex communications

Communication over free space

Having a plurality of contiguous regions served by...

C370S328000, C370S310000, C455S507000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07808960

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for integrating infrastructure and ad hoc wireless networks. In one example embodiment, a plurality of nodes and access points exchange beacons and route replies which are forwarded by intervening nodes. Nodes determine whether to switch access points based on cost values contained in the received beacons. Intervening nodes store routes with weights to the source node, such that the access points maintain weights to every node in their zones.

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