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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Aparna Pandey, Chicago, IL (US);
Randy L. Ekl, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Christopher G. Ware, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Aparna Pandey, Chicago, IL (US);
Randy L. Ekl, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Christopher G. Ware, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola Soulutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01); H04W 40/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for transmitting beacons by nodes in a multi-tier wireless local area network is disclosed. First, a first beacon by a tiernode in the multi-tier wireless local area network is transmitted. Then, a second beacon by a tiernode is transmitted where the second beacon is transmitted based upon the time that the first beacon is sent by the tiernode.