US 7,602,754 B2
Short-range RF access point design enabling services to master and slave mobile devices
Tomi Heinonen, Tampere (Finland); and Timo M. Laitinen, Tampere (Finland)
Assigned to NOKIA Corporation, Espoo (Finland)
Filed on Jun. 07, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/861,483.
Application 10/861483 is a continuation of application No. 10/072969, filed on Feb. 12, 2002, granted, now 6,795,421, filed on Sep. 21, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2004/0221046 A1, Nov. 04, 2004
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/56 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 370—338 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one first wireless transceiver module configured to scan packets initiated by wireless devices within a coverage area of the apparatus and in response to a packet, outputting a control signal; and
at least one second wireless transceiver module coupled to the at least one first wireless transceiver module, configured to transmit messages in response to the control signal, for establishing wireless connections with wireless devices.