Strix Systems, Inc.

Conexant Systems, Inc.

Duke Kamstra

James M Jollota

Spencer Stephens

James Beasley

James Fuhring

Matthew T Kuiken

Soiba Mohammad

Dennis Dombrowski

Wade Mergenthal

Carol Sherick

Alan White

Said Zandian

Arthur J Bonaker, Jr

A system and method for virtual linking a wireless device to another device is disclosed herein. The system includes an access point and a controller configured to mediate transmissions between the wireless device and the another device. The system further includes a virtual device table and a permissions filter to ensure virtual linking between devices that have matching access right and requested services. The wireless device and the another device may have the same or dissimilar protocols.

Virtual linking using a wireless device

Various aspects of a method and system for indicating the link quality between wireless base station units are presented. The establishment of a wireless network involves the placement of and communication between several base station units. To facilitate the operational capability of such a wireless network, a method for continuously displaying the quality of the links between these base station units is introduced. The method provides each base station with the information necessary to individually display the quality of the links between itself and its neighboring base stations. The displays can take on a variety of formats. Additionally, link quality of neighboring base stations can be collected by a central controller which can process the information and create a grid showing the link quality throughout the wireless network.

Method and system for indicating link quality among neighboring wireless base station

Disclosed is a system and method for wirelessly exchanging communications with at least one mobile unit in a network that includes base stations units. The method includes receiving a wireless communication from the mobile unit, where the wireless communication is under a wireless communications protocol that does not provide for handoff of communications links between base station units. The method also includes obtaining a unique session identifier for the communication with the mobile unit, and establishing a communications link with the mobile unit, where the communications link includes link context data associated with the mobile unit. The link context data associated with the mobile unit is identified at least in part based on the unique session identifier. The method further includes determining that the mobile unit is to be handed-off, and handing off to another base station unit the communications link and link context associated with the mobile unit, where the handing off is performed without assistance of the mobile unit.

Link context mobility method and system for providing such mobility, such as a system employing short range frequency hopping spread spectrum wireless protocols

A home network controller provides a user-visible indication of the integrity of a physical connection to a home network. The home network controller periodically checks an interrupt status register for receipt of a physical-layer packet. Receipt of a physical-layer packet serves as a proxy for a functional physical connection, and non-receipt of a packet serves as a proxy for a non-functional physical connection. To avoid race conditions, the controller will indicate failure of a previously functional physical connection if no packet was received during the period but a packet was transmitted during the period and a packet was transmitted during the immediately previous period. A heartbeat signal avoids deadlocks by transmitting a packet if the interrupt status register indicates no packets were received or transmitted during the period.

Verification of link integrity of a home local area network

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Duke Kamstra