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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Frederick Dean, Wilmette, IL (US);
Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Saar Gillai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Frederick Dean, Wilmette, IL (US);
Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Saar Gillai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tropos Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of a wireless network timing transmission of multiple BSSID beacons is disclosed. The method includes identifying multiple personalities of the wireless network, wherein a separate MAC address corresponding with each of the personalities. A beacon type is assigned for each of the personalities. During each transmission interval, a plurality of the beacon types are consecutively transmitted, wherein the different beacon types are consecutively spaced during transmission by a predetermined inter-frame spacing, wherein the predetermined inter-frame spacing is substantially less than an air-time duration of each transmission interval.