| US 7,499,431 B2 | ||
| Method for performing a network handoff in a wireless network environment | ||
| Li-Chun Wang, Hsin-Chu Hsien (Taiwan); Hung-Hsi Chen, Hsin-Chu Hsien (Taiwan); Ming-Bing Chen, Hsin-Chu Hsien (Taiwan); and Chang-Feng Lee, Tai-Nan (Taiwan) | ||
| Assigned to ZyXEL communications Corp., Hsinchu (Taiwan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 14, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/307,613. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0189216 A1, Aug. 16, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04Q 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—331 [370/332; 370/338; 455/436] | 11 Claims |
| 1. A method for performing a handoff of a wireless endpoint to an access point in a wireless network environment, the method
comprising:
measuring a number of stations utilizing the access point;
selecting a broadcast count of the wireless endpoint according to the number of stations;
selecting a retry count of the access point according to the number of stations; and
performing the handoff of the wireless endpoint to the access point utilizing the selected broadcast count and retry count;
wherein the broadcast count corresponds to a number of probe request frames sent by the wireless endpoint to initiate the
handoff of the wireless endpoint, and the retry count corresponds to a number of probe response frames sent by the access
point to acknowledge receipt of the probe request frames.
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