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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1994
Ernesto Antunes, Campinas - SP, BR;
David F Bantz, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Frederic J Bauchot, Saint-Jeannet, FR;
Eliane D Bello, Campinas - SP, BR;
Marcelo Ferraz, Campinas - SP, BR;
Francois LeMaut, Nice, FR;
Bernardo da Silva Araujo Tavares, Sao Catano do Sul - SP, BR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A wireless Local Area Network (LAN), in which each wireless adapter includes a controller and a transceiver which are located a finite distance from each other. Each controller and transceiver has their own hop clock and hop table. A data interface which includes a command set is defined between the controller and the transceiver. The command set includes commands and procedures for synchronizing the hop clocks and hop tables between the controller and the transceiver.