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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
May. 25, 2011
Abhishek Abhishek, Sammamish, WA (US);
Amer A. Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Thomas W. Kuehnel, Seattle, WA (US);
Noel W. Anderson, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christian Huitema, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Jiandong Ruan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Francis Duong, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abhishek Abhishek, Sammamish, WA (US);
Amer A. Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Thomas W. Kuehnel, Seattle, WA (US);
Noel W. Anderson, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christian Huitema, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Jiandong Ruan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Francis Duong, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A wireless station is connected to a wireless network through an access point and can establish a direct client-to-client connection to a second wireless station. The wireless station can communicate directly with the second wireless station without involving the access point. The wireless station communicates with the wired network and with other wireless stations through the access point. The second wireless station may have an infrastructure connection to the access point or may be independent.