Patent ID: 8488516
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for improving communication quality in a communication network including a plurality of access points, a plurality of stations wirelessly communicating with the plurality of access points and at least one sensor located at a different location from the plurality of access points, the method comprising: sensing, by a sensor, a communication message on a wireless communication channel in the communication network, wherein the communication message is transmitted from a source station and destined for a destination access point; determining, by the sensor, a number of retransmissions of the communication message from the source station; forwarding, by the sensor, the communication message to the destination access point through a wired medium when the determined number of retransmissions of the communication message is at least equal to a predetermined threshold; receiving, by a destination access point, the communication message from the sensor through the wired medium; determining, by the destination access point, whether the communication message is previously received by the destination access point through a wireless communication channel; and transmitting, by the destination access point, an acknowledgement message to the source station when the communication message from the source station is not previously received by the destination access point through the wireless communication channel.