Patent ID: 8699474
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless data communications system operating according to a wireless communication standard protocol, comprising: a first housing; a second housing physically separate from said first housing; a RF receiver housed in said first housing, said RF receiver for receiving a first RF signal; a first processor housed in said first housing and receptive of said first signal and adapted to perform a first plurality of functions of the wireless communication standard protocol to produce a first data signal from said first RF signal; and a second processor housed in said second housing and receptive of the first data signal produced by said first processor and adapted to perform a second plurality of functions of the wireless communication standard protocol, different from said first plurality of functions, during an operational mode for said first data signal, and adapted to perform a management function of said wireless data communications system, wherein said first plurality of functions and said second plurality of functions each include at least one media access control (MAC) function wherein the first processor is communicatively coupled to the second processor via a wired network connection, said first plurality of functions include at least one time-critical MAC function, and said second plurality of functions include at least one non-time-critical MAC function.