Patent ID: 7263093
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a first wireless station and a second wireless station that are connected to one another via a communication link using a communication protocol, the method comprising: configuring the first wireless station to communicate with at least one terminal according to a frame-structured wireless transmission protocol using packet transfer, wherein a link-oriented communication between the first wireless station and the at least one terminal is enabled by the framed-structured wireless transmission protocol via at least one link; providing an additional protocol layer using the communication protocol to enable a communication between the first wireless station and the second wireless station over a cable-bound network to exchange control messages for controlling the at least one link; and ensuring via the additional protocol layer that after a transmission of a first control message from the second wireless station to the first wireless station, the transmission of the first control message is repeated by the second wireless station if a second control message originating from the first wireless station and at least one of acknowledging and responding to the first control message is not received by the second wireless station within a time interval.