Patent ID: 7715336
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of operation for a wireless local area network (WLAN) that includes a repeater topology, the method comprising: detecting a conflict on a channel of a frequency band in a branch of the repeater topology; and adapting the WLAN to the conflict by re-configuring a first repeater in the branch to re-use a certain channel already in use by a neighboring repeater in the repeater topology, the first repeater and the neighboring repeater being physically obstructed from a line-of-sight view, the first repeater being re-configured to transmit data at a data throughput of at least 11 Mbps on the certain channel during even time intervals and receive data at the data throughput on the certain channel during odd time intervals, the neighboring repeater transmitting during the odd time intervals and receiving during the even time intervals.