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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2006
Aparna Pandey, Chicago, IL (US);
Randy L. Ekl, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Christopher G. Ware, Chicago, IL (US);
Aparna Pandey, Chicago, IL (US);
Randy L. Ekl, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Christopher G. Ware, Chicago, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for communicating beacon transmissions from a wireless access point (WAP) to a client transceiver in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system () includes obtaining a reference timing for the wireless access point (WAP) (). The sector configuration and the sector timing in the WAP is then determined (). A virtual target beacon transmission time (TBTT) for the sector of interest serviced by the WAP is then calculated (), as is a channel number of the sector of interest. Finally, the method provides for listening () for a sector beacon signal from the sector of interest at the virtual TBTT and the calculated channel number.