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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2007
Applicants:
Peter Loc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Joseph Knapp, San Mateo, CA (US);
Senthil Arumugham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Heng-jui Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter Loc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Joseph Knapp, San Mateo, CA (US);
Senthil Arumugham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Heng-Jui Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A first node in a wireless network comprises a transceiver that wirelessly communicates with an access point. A hidden status generator communicates with the transceiver, receives a table comprising a list of nodes in communication with the access point and determines a hidden status of a second node in the table relative to the first node.