Patent ID: 8488558
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for switching which station serves as a personal basic service set coordination point (PCP) within a basic service set (BSS) comprising a plurality of stations capable of communicating wirelessly, of which only one station acts as the PCP at a time, the method comprising: initiating, by a station serving as the PCP, a switch of the station serving as the PCP by an explicit handover comprising negotiations between the station serving as the PCP and at least one PCP capable station in the BSS; and responsive to detecting a departure of the station serving as the PCP from the BSS without the explicit handover, initiating an implicit handover of PCP responsibilities to at least one PCP capable station; wherein the negotiations for explicit handover comprise sending a handover request from the station serving as the PCP to the at least one PCP capable station and receiving at the station serving as the PCP a handover response from the at least one PCP capable station, wherein the handover response accepts or rejects the handover request.