Patent ID: 7370117
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating frames of management information, comprising: loading a frame of management information from a station of a plurality of stations into a respective buffer of a plurality of buffers; determining whether said frame contains more than a predetermined number of bytes; if an end of the frame is loaded into the respective buffer of the plurality of buffers, setting a frame presence flag associated with said one of the plurality of stations; transmitting a request signal to a station management module if said frame contains more than said predetermined number of bytes or if said respective buffer already contains management information associated with a previously loaded frame; polling the plurality of stations to determine whether respective frame presence flags have been set; and performing a buffer reading process based on a priority designated according to a status of the frame presence flag, to provide said station management module with the management information in said frame.