Patent ID: 7385960
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of selecting a communication mode for a first wireless device, the first wireless device being in wireless communication range of a wireless access point using a channel and a second wireless device the method comprising: receiving a trigger indicating a start up of a multimedia application on the first wireless device; measuring the data throughput between the first wireless device and the second wireless device in indirect mode wherein communications between the first wireless device and the second wireless device are executed via the wireless access point; measuring the data throughput between the first wireless device and the second wireless device in direct mode wherein communications between the first wireless device and the second wireless device are executed directly, omitting the wireless access point; determining whether the measured throughput is greater in the indirect mode or the direct mode; and selecting, in response to the trigger, the communications mode having the higher measured throughput for communications between the first and second devices, wherein the direct mode comprises the first wireless device reconfigured as a wireless repeater access point using the channel.