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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2004
Shpak Eran, Tel Aviv, IL;
Shpak Eran, Tel Aviv, IL;
Extricom Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Abstract
Apparatus for mobile communication includes a switch and a plurality of access points, which are arranged in a wireless local area network (WLAN) to communicate over the air on a common frequency channel with a mobile station using a common basic service set identification (BSSID) for all the access points. The access points are coupled by a LAN to the switch so that upon receiving at one or more of the access points an uplink signal transmitted over the WLAN by the mobile station on the common frequency channel, the one or more of the access points convey messages responsively to the uplink signal over the LAN to the switch. A manager node is coupled to the switch so as to receive the messages and is adapted to process the messages so as to select one of the access points to respond to the uplink signal.