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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Yi Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Yi Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed to provide a bridge for a wireless distribution system compatible with legacy equipment, including the use of a bridge device having two WLAN modules, with the first WLAN module associating with one or more stations and the second WLAN module configured to associating with a legacy access point. Frames received by the first WLAN module are forwarded to the second WLAN module for transmission and frames received by the second WLAN module are forwarded to the first WLAN module for transmission on the basis of address information in the frames.