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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2009
Theodorus Jacobus Johannes Denteneer, Eindhoven, NL;
Guido Roland Hiertz, Aachen, DE;
Bernhard Walke, Wuerselen, DE;
Theodorus Jacobus Johannes Denteneer, Eindhoven, NL;
Guido Roland Hiertz, Aachen, DE;
Bernhard Walke, Wuerselen, DE;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for connecting a mesh type network via an access device to another network, wherein a proxy mechanism is provided in the mesh type network, that allows for interconnection and range extension of legacy access point based mesh type networks. Thereby, interconnection and range extension of e.g. legacy AP-based WLANs or similar types of networks can be achieved. Moreover, the proposed proxy mechanism does not require any changes or modifications to the access device(s) (e.g. AP) and works with any type of access device.