Patent ID: 8145756
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a network controller to be comprised in a platform and to be wirelessly communicatively coupled to one or more nodes via a network, the network controller to be communicatively coupled to a chipset that is in the platform; in one mode of operation, the network controller having an assigned media control access (MAC) address; after switching from the one mode of operation to another mode of operation, an entity in the platform and the network controller having respective assigned MAC addresses, the switching including assigning to the entity a certain address, and in the another mode of operation, the entity being established as a wireless access point to receive a critical flow, the critical flow involving a persistent connection from which is excluded a device seeking access if the device is in an untrusted state, establishment of the persistent connection being related to transition from one power state of the platform to another power state of the platform, the network controller being capable of receiving, during the another mode of operation, another flow that is other than the critical flow; and after returning to the one mode of operation from the another mode of operation, the entity has relinquished the certain address.