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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
Lusheng Ji, Randolph, NJ (US);
Robert Miller, Convent Stn, NJ (US);
Harry Worstell, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Lusheng Ji, Randolph, NJ (US);
Robert Miller, Convent Stn, NJ (US);
Harry Worstell, Florham Park, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method that can comprise wirelessly transmitting a thin Beacon message from an Access Point in a wireless local area network cell. The thin Beacon message can be transmitted during a superframe subsequent to a Beacon message. The thin Beacon message can be transmitted at a predetermined thin Beacon time interval. The time period between consecutive Beacon and/or thin Beacon messages can be divided further into a thin CFP and a thin CP.