Patent ID: 8885619
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A circuit comprising: a first input adapted to receive a first frame transmitted wirelessly from a station of a wireless local area network, wherein the first frame includes a first basic service set identifier in a first field, a first source address in a second field and a first destination address in a third field, wherein the circuit is adapted to replace the first basic service set identifier in the first field of the first frame with a second basic service set identifier of an access point to establish a replaced first frame without using a fourth field of the first frame while maintaining the first source address and the first destination address; and a first output adapted to transfer the replaced first frame to the access point, wherein the circuit is a bridge or a repeater in the wireless local area network; and wherein the access point is a bridge or a repeater in the wireless local area network.