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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jukka Seppälä, Pirkkala, FI;
Juha Ala-Laurila, Tampere, FI;
Jukka Immonen, Burlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Nokia IP Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/24 ;
Abstract
Methods and system for weighted polling of terminals in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). Quality of Service (QoS) information related to WLAN terminals is obtained. A weighted polling factor may be assigned to each WLAN terminal based on the QoS information. Each WLAN terminal may be polled during a transmission period based on the weighted polling factor assigned to each WLAN terminal.