Patent ID: 8189538
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A routing system for enhancing mobility of a mobile station, comprising: a switch having a switch media access control (MAC) sublayer, the switch MAC sublayer being configured to perform a first portion of a wireless communication protocol; a first repeater having a first repeater MAC sublayer, the first repeater MAC sublayer being configured to perform a second portion of the wireless communication protocol, the switch MAC sublayer and the first repeater MAC sublayer functionally cooperating to form a first MAC layer in a first distributed manner; and a second repeater having a second repeater MAC sublayer, the switch MAC sublayer and the second repeater MAC sublayer functionally cooperating to form a second MAC layer in a second distributed manner, wherein the switch MAC sublayer is further configured to handoff the mobile station from the first MAC layer to the second MAC layer when the switch determines a first received signal strength of a first packet received by the first repeater is less than a second received signal strength of a second packet received by the second repeater, the first packet being a duplicate of the second packet.