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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Gainspan Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
GAINSPAN CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A wireless station in a WLAN generates a first set of data elements for sending to a final destination. The wireless station forms a first Internet Protocol (IP) packet with a header portion and a payload portion. The header portion specifies an IP address of a neighbor access point (AP) as the next hop destination. The payload portion of the IP packet includes an IP address of the final destination to indicate that the data elements are to be delivered to the final destination. The wireless station transmits the IP packet to the neighbor AP according to the IP address of the neighbor AP. Extended connectivity based on wireless paths between stations of a wireless local area network (WLAN) is thus provided.