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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2006
Praveen Gopalakrishnan, Somerville, NJ (US);
David Famolari, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
Toshikazu Kodama, Morristown, NJ (US);
Kamesh Medepalli, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Praveen Gopalakrishnan, Somerville, NJ (US);
David Famolari, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
Toshikazu Kodama, Morristown, NJ (US);
Kamesh Medepalli, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Toshiba America Research, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Telcordia Technologies, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Abstract
A helper station system is disclosed that can enhance communications in a wireless network having at least one slow or unreliable link. In preferred embodiments, the helper station system includes at least one helper station configured to wirelessly re-transmit an original wireless transmission from at least one sender station to at least one access point without having to re-contend for access to the wireless medium.