Patent ID: 8638668
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for supporting wireless communications in a cluster comprising a plurality of wireless access points, each of which employs a wireless backhaul, the apparatus comprising: a signaling unit configured to: wherein the first and second control flows are assigned to separate streams in a stream layer, wherein the first and second control flows comprise a plurality of stream layer frames, each stream layer frame having a field and content, wherein the field in each of the stream layer frames identifies whether the content in that stream layer frame is part of the first or second control flow, wherein the field in each of the stream layer frames for the first control flow identifies the wireless access point as an endpoint for the first control flow, wherein the field in each of the stream layer frames for the second control flow identifies the node as an endpoint for the second control flow, and wherein the stream layer frames for the first control flow include controls relating to a first protocol layer, and the stream layer frames for the second control flow include controls relating to a second protocol layer.