Providing contention free quality of service to time constrained data
    1.
    发明授权
    Providing contention free quality of service to time constrained data 有权
    为时间有限的数据提供无争议的服务质量

    公开(公告)号:US07349422B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-03-25

    申请号:US10453306

    申请日:2003-06-03

    IPC分类号: H04L12/413

    摘要: The principles of the present invention provide for providing contention free quality of service to wireless stations. A station indicates to an access point that higher priority data (e.g., time constrained data) is to be sent to the access point. The access point receives the indication and selects a slot time for the station based on the number of other stations that have also indicated higher priority data. A slot time is selected such that the station can check for access to a common wireless link before any stations with lower priority data (e.g., data without time constraints). The access point sends the selected slot time to the station and the station receives the slot time. When the station receives an indication that an application has higher priority data to send, the station checks the common wireless link for availability at the selected slot time.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的原理提供了向无线站提供无争用的服务质量。 站点向接入点指示要向接入点发送较高优先级的数据(例如,时间受限的数据)。 接入点接收指示,并根据也指示较高优先级数据的其他站的数量选择站的时隙时间。 选择时隙时间,使得站可以在具有较低优先级数据的任何站(例如,没有时间限制的数据)之前检查对公共无线链路的访问。 接入点将所选择的时隙发送到站,站接收到时隙。 当站接收到应用具有较高优先级数据以发送的指示时,站在所选择的时隙时间检查公共无线链路的可用性。

    Native WI-FI architecture for 802.11 networks
    2.
    发明授权
    Native WI-FI architecture for 802.11 networks 有权
    用于802.11网络的本机WI-FI架构

    公开(公告)号:US08327135B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-04

    申请号:US11656772

    申请日:2007-01-23

    IPC分类号: H04L9/00

    摘要: A software based wireless infrastructure system is provided. The system has a driver that communicates with the network stack and a network interface card (NIC), a station server in communication with the station driver and an 802.1X supplicant or an 802.1X authenticator. Each NIC provides station and/or access point functionality support. The driver drops packets that have been received if the packet has not been authenticated and associated. Packets that have been fragmented or encrypted are unfragmented and decrypted. An association manager is used in conjunction with a configuration table manager to associate stations and access points via management packets. A manager receives 802.1X data packets from the packet processor and sends them up to a station server that communicates with user mode applications and an 802.1X supplicant or an 802.1X authenticator that are used to authenticate and deauthenticate stations and access points. APIs are provided to enable communication between the components.

    摘要翻译: 提供了基于软件的无线基础设施系统。 该系统具有与网络堆栈通信的驱动程序,网络接口卡(NIC),与站驱动程序通信的站服务器以及802.1X请求者或802.1X验证器。 每个NIC提供站点和/或接入点功能支持。 如果数据包未经过身份验证并关联,则驱动程序丢弃已收到的数据包。 已分片或加密的数据包未分片和解密。 关联管理器与配置表管理器结合使用,以经由管理分组来关联站点和接入点。 管理员从分组处理器接收802.1X数据包,并将其发送到与用户模式应用程序通信的站服务器以及用于对站点和接入点进行身份验证和解密的802.1X请求者或802.1X验证器。 提供API以实现组件之间的通信。

    Access point to access point range extension
    3.
    发明授权
    Access point to access point range extension 有权
    接入点接入点范围扩展

    公开(公告)号:US07187925B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-06

    申请号:US11102584

    申请日:2005-04-08

    IPC分类号: H04Q7/20

    摘要: An architecture and methods for extending the depth of a WLAN to a four-level hierarchal access point structure including wireless access points. The wireless access points in the WLAN can be networked by scanning for a network, collecting one or more packets that identify the network from one or more access points, each packet including an address identifying an ancestry of the access points to an ancestral wired access point; and applying an access point selection algorithm to configure a parent access point. The architecture includes a scanning object configured to issue a scan request to a network interface and collect access point data; a selection object configured to filter and sort the collected access point data; an authentication state machine configured to perform authentication and validate; and an association state machine configured to compose a packet including hierarchical data indicative of access point ancestry to a conventional access point.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于将WLAN的深度扩展到包括无线接入点的四级分层接入点结构的架构和方法。 可以通过扫描网络来联网WLAN中的无线接入点,从一个或多个接入点收集标识网络的一个或多个分组,每个分组包括标识到祖先有线接入点的接入点的祖先的地址 ; 以及应用接入点选择算法来配置父接入点。 该架构包括被配置为向网络接口发出扫描请求并收集接入点数据的扫描对象; 被配置为对所收集的接入点数据进行过滤和排序的选择对象; 认证状态机被配置为执行认证和验证; 以及关联状态机,被配置为将包括指示接入点祖先的分层数据的分组组成到常规接入点。

    Access point to access point range extension
    5.
    发明授权
    Access point to access point range extension 失效
    接入点接入点范围扩展

    公开(公告)号:US07664075B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-16

    申请号:US11102612

    申请日:2005-04-08

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: An architecture and methods for extending the depth of a WLAN to a four-level hierarchal access point structure including wireless access points. The wireless access points in the WLAN can be networked by scanning for a network, collecting one or more packets that identify the network from one or more access points, each packet including an address identifying an ancestry of the access points to an ancestral wired access point; and applying an access point selection algorithm to configure a parent access point. The architecture includes a scanning object configured to issue a scan request to a network interface and collect access point data; a selection object configured to filter and sort the collected access point data; an authentication state machine configured to perform authentication and validate; and an association state machine configured to compose a packet including hierarchical data indicative of access point ancestry to a conventional access point.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于将WLAN的深度扩展到包括无线接入点的四级分层接入点结构的架构和方法。 可以通过扫描网络来联网WLAN中的无线接入点,从一个或多个接入点收集标识网络的一个或多个分组,每个分组包括标识到祖先有线接入点的接入点的祖先的地址 ; 以及应用接入点选择算法来配置父接入点。 该架构包括被配置为向网络接口发出扫描请求并收集接入点数据的扫描对象; 被配置为对所收集的接入点数据进行过滤和排序的选择对象; 认证状态机被配置为执行认证和验证; 以及关联状态机,被配置为将包括指示接入点祖先的分层数据的分组组成到常规接入点。

    Method and apparatus for managing scanning in wireless computing devices to reduce power consumption
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for managing scanning in wireless computing devices to reduce power consumption 有权
    用于管理无线计算设备中的扫描以降低功耗的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08102798B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-24

    申请号:US11834793

    申请日:2007-08-07

    IPC分类号: H04W4/00

    摘要: A method and system for scanning in a wireless device having a wireless network interface card (NIC) is presented. The system has a scanning history table for storing scanning results and a scanning engine that adjusts the scanning period based upon a history of scanning results and commands the NIC to scan for available networks after the period has expired. The engine receives scan results from the NIC, stores the scan results in the scanning history table, determines a scanning period based upon a history of scan results, sets the scanning period, and commands the NIC to scan for available networks after the scanning period has expired. The engine is programmed to set the scanning period using an exponential function and to reset the scanning period to a default period if the scan results are different from a prior scan result or if a triggering event is received.

    摘要翻译: 提出了一种用于在具有无线网络接口卡(NIC)的无线设备中进行扫描的方法和系统。 系统具有用于存储扫描结果的扫描历史表和基于扫描结果的历史来调整扫描周期的扫描引擎,并命令NIC在该时间段到期之后扫描可用网络。 引擎从NIC接收扫描结果,将扫描结果存储在扫描历史表中,根据扫描结果的历史确定扫描周期,设置扫描周期,并命令NIC扫描可用网络,扫描周期为 已过期 引擎被编程为使用指数函数设置扫描周期,并且如果扫描结果与先前的扫描结果不同或者如果接收到触发事件,则将扫描周期重置为默认周期。

    Native wi-fi architecture for 802.11 networks
    7.
    发明授权
    Native wi-fi architecture for 802.11 networks 有权
    802.11网络的本机Wi-Fi架构

    公开(公告)号:US07698550B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-13

    申请号:US10306169

    申请日:2002-11-27

    IPC分类号: H04L9/00

    摘要: A software based wireless infrastructure system is provided. The system has a driver that communicates with the network stack and a network interface card (NIC), a station server in communication with the station driver and an 802.1X supplicant or an 802.1X authenticator. Each NIC provides station and/or access point functionality support. The driver drops packets that have been received if the packet has not been authenticated and associated. Packets that have been fragmented or encrypted are unfragmented and decrypted. An association manager is used in conjunction with a configuration table manager to associate stations and access points via management packets. A manager receives 802.1X data packets from the packet processor and sends them up to a station server that communicates with user mode applications and an 802.1X supplicant or an 802.1X authenticator that are used to authenticate and deauthenticate stations and access points. APIs are provided to enable communication between the components.

    摘要翻译: 提供了基于软件的无线基础设施系统。 该系统具有与网络堆栈通信的驱动程序,网络接口卡(NIC),与站驱动程序通信的站服务器以及802.1X请求者或802.1X验证器。 每个NIC提供站点和/或接入点功能支持。 如果数据包未经过身份验证并关联,则驱动程序丢弃已收到的数据包。 已分片或加密的数据包未分片和解密。 关联管理器与配置表管理器结合使用,以经由管理分组来关联站点和接入点。 管理员从分组处理器接收802.1X数据包,并将其发送到与用户模式应用程序通信的站服务器以及用于对站点和接入点进行身份验证和解密的802.1X请求者或802.1X验证器。 提供API以实现组件之间的通信。

    Method for connecting a wireless access point to a wired access point by chaining together wireless access points
    8.
    发明授权
    Method for connecting a wireless access point to a wired access point by chaining together wireless access points 有权
    通过链接无线接入点将无线接入点连接到有线接入点的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07539481B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-05-26

    申请号:US11504334

    申请日:2006-08-15

    摘要: An architecture and methods for extending the depth of a WLAN to a four-level hierarchal access point structure including wireless access points. The wireless access points in the WLAN can be networked by scanning for a network, collecting one or more packets that identify the network from one or more access points, each packet including an address identifying an ancestry of the access points to an ancestral wired access point; and applying an access point selection algorithm to configure a parent access point. The architecture includes a scanning object configured to issue a scan request to a network interface and collect access point data; a selection object configured to filter and sort the collected access point data; an authentication state machine configured to perform authentication and validate; and an association state machine configured to compose a packet including hierarchical data indicative of access point ancestry to a conventional access point.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于将WLAN的深度扩展到包括无线接入点的四级分层接入点结构的架构和方法。 可以通过扫描网络来联网WLAN中的无线接入点,从一个或多个接入点收集标识网络的一个或多个分组,每个分组包括标识到祖先有线接入点的接入点的祖先的地址 ; 以及应用接入点选择算法来配置父接入点。 该架构包括被配置为向网络接口发出扫描请求并收集接入点数据的扫描对象; 被配置为对所收集的接入点数据进行过滤和排序的选择对象; 认证状态机被配置为执行认证和验证; 以及关联状态机,被配置为将包括指示接入点祖先的分层数据的分组组成到常规接入点。