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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2008
Applicants:
Yuechun Chu, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Shyamal Ramachandran, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Inventors:
Yuechun Chu, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Shyamal Ramachandran, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04J 3/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/413 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for enabling periodic scanning in a mesh network. The method includes transmitting from a first access point an announcement that it will be temporarily unavailable, wherein the announcement includes: a first information element for quieting a station associated with the access point during a time period; and a second information element for instructing a neighboring access point to temporarily suspend transmissions to the access point during the time period that the stations are quieted.