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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2006
Applicant:
Christian Prehofer, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Christian Prehofer, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for performing a handover in a mesh network for a plurality of nodes (A, A', B) of said mesh network from a first access point (AP) to a second access point (AP), whereas said plurality of nodes (A, A′, B) forms a tree of nodes, said tree comprising a root node (B) and one or more further nodes (A,A′) connected to said root node either directly or via intermediate nodes, and said handover being performed for said tree of nodes in a coordinated fashion, said method comprising: