Patent ID: 8588156
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining, at a first wireless network device of a wireless communication network operating in an infrastructure mode, that a data frame is scheduled to be transmitted from the first wireless network device to a second wireless network device of the wireless communication network; determining whether the data frame can be directly transmitted to the second wireless network device based, at least in part, on connection information received in a beacon frame from an access point of the wireless communication network, the connection information comprising a device identifier associated with the second wireless network device and an indication of whether data frames can be directly transmitted to the second wireless network device; in response to determining that the data frame can be directly transmitted from the first wireless network device to the second wireless network device, transmitting the data frame to the access point for transmission to the second wireless network device via the access point, in response to determining that the data frame cannot be directly transmitted from the first wireless network device to the second wireless network device.