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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
Diego Melpignano, Monza, IT;
Diego Melpignano, Monza, IT;
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
A system for admission control in a wireless local area network adapted to serve a set of stations and manage real time transmission as well as and TCP/IP sessions includes an access point (AP) configured for: when either a new station joins the network or a new TCP/IP session is being initiated, checking if sufficient bandwidth is available in the network for the new traffic flow associated with the new station or TCP/IP session without interfering with any ongoing real time transmission in the network, and in case no sufficient bandwidth is found to be available, whereby said new traffic flow could interfere with said ongoing real time transmission, blocking such new traffic flow.