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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04W 16/32 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 28/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/6022 (2013.01); H04W 16/32 (2013.01); H04W 28/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operation of a network of WLAN access points comprises establishing a first WLAN access point (AP) having a first coverage area; and establishing a plurality of second WLAN access points (AP, . . . , AP) having respective second coverage areas, such that the second access points provide traffic connections for at least one communications device in at least one of the respective second coverage areas; wherein the first coverage area overlaps the plurality of second coverage areas, and wherein the first WLAN access point provides control information for the at least one communications device.