Patent ID: 7808957
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless LAN terminal comprising: a reception means for receiving a wireless LAN signal from another wireless LAN terminal; an encapsulation means for encapsulating the wireless LAN signal in OSI layer 2 by providing the wireless LAN signal with a header having its own terminal's MAC address as an originating MAC address and a wireless LAN base station's MAC address as a destination MAC address, such that the encapsulated wireless LAN signal includes at least two headers, each including an originating MAC address and a destination MAC address; a transmission means for transmitting the encapsulated wireless LAN signal to the wireless LAN base station; a means for, when a first hierarchy inquiry is received from said another wireless LAN terminal, transmitting a second hierarchy inquiry containing a hierarchy incremented by one higher than a hierarchy contained in the first hierarchy inquiry to the wireless LAN base station; and a means for, when a first hierarchy response is received from the wireless LAN base station, transmitting a second hierarchy response containing the same hierarchy as that contained in the first hierarchy response to said another wireless LAN terminal.