Patent ID: 8462735
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of sharing wireless client information between wireless access points in a wireless communication network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by a first wireless access point, a first message from a wireless client indicating that the first wireless access point is to host a communication session for the wireless client; and forming a first primary active affiliation between the wireless client and the first primary wireless access point in a first wireless local area network, the first primary wireless access point providing ongoing communication services to the wireless client on the first wireless local area network by sending data to the wireless client and receiving data from the wireless client on the first primary active affiliation on the first wireless local area network; forming a second primary active affiliation between the wireless client and the second primary wireless access point in the first wireless local area network, the second primary wireless access point providing concurrent ongoing communication services to the wireless client on the first wireless local area network by sending data to the wireless client and receiving data from the wireless client on the second primary active affiliation on the first wireless local area network; receiving by the first wireless access point a Request To Send (RTS) message from the wireless client after forming the second primary active affiliation, the RTS message identifying the second primary wireless access point and indicating that the second primary wireless access point is to receive information about the communication session for the wireless client; transmitting the information about the communication session for the wireless client from the first wireless access point to the second wireless access point; and continuing to provide ongoing communication services to the wireless client by the first primary wireless access point on the first primary active affiliation while concurrently providing ongoing communication services to the wireless client by the second primary wireless access point on the second primary active affiliation.