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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2007
Saurabh Mahajan, Redmond, WA (US);
Taroon Mandhana, Redmond, WA (US);
Abhishek Abhishek, Woodinville, WA (US);
Mitesh K. Desai, Redmond, WA (US);
Thomas W. Kuehnel, Seattle, WA (US);
Saurabh Mahajan, Redmond, WA (US);
Taroon Mandhana, Redmond, WA (US);
Abhishek Abhishek, Woodinville, WA (US);
Mitesh K. Desai, Redmond, WA (US);
Thomas W. Kuehnel, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing simultaneous virtual connections with multiple wireless networks. A plurality of ports in a hardware driver may be each associated with a corresponding wireless network and maintain a unique MAC state relative to other ports. Each port may have a corresponding virtual NIC that communicates directly with the radio hardware via a hardware virtualization layer that multiplexes communication between the virtual NICs and the radio hardware. Simultaneous virtual connections may be made with one or more infrastructure networks or adhoc networks, and/or the computer may function as an access point for one or more of the networks.