| US 7,577,125 B2 | ||
| Direct wireless client to client communication | ||
| Abhishek Abhishek, Woodinville, Wash. (US); Amer A. Hassan, Kirkland, Wash. (US); Thomas W. Kuehnel, Seattle, Wash. (US); Noel W. Anderson, Bellevue, Wash. (US); Christian Huitema, Clyde Hill, Wash. (US); Jiandong Ruan, Sammamish, Wash. (US); and Francis Duong, Bellevue, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 08, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/177,515. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0008922 A1, Jan. 11, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—338 [370/328; 370/329; 370/349] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A method for communication in a wireless network, comprising;
establishing an infrastructure channel between a first wireless station and a wireless access point connected to a network;
establishing a direct link channel between the first wireless station and a second wireless station without action by the
access point, wherein the infrastructure channel and the direct link channel are in operation concurrently and have a common
basic service set and a common basic service set ID;
the first wireless station selecting a channel from the direct link channel and the infrastructure channel in the absence
of central control; and
communicating on the selected channel.
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