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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1996
Wilhelmus J Diepstraten, Haghorst, NL;
Leo Monteban, Nieuwegen, NL;
Lucent Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
For use with a wireless computer network having a plurality of access points, a mobile station adapted for communicating with the network via a current access point and having a scanning circuit for locating a new access point, the scanning circuit requiring a scanning period of time to locate the new access point, a method of operation of the mobile station and a wireless computer network infrastructure. The mobile station comprises: (1) a detection circuit that generates a ready-to-scan signal indicating that the mobile station is about to activate the scanning circuit and (2) a suspension circuit, coupled to the detection circuit, that receives the ready-to-scan signal and generates, in response thereto, a data suspend signal for transmission to the current access point, the data suspend signal causing the current access point to suspend transmission of data to the mobile station, thereby preventing loss of the data during the scanning period.