Patent ID: 8243705
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a broadcast message wirelessly at a first Dual Access Point and Station (“DAS”) enabled device within a network directly from a second DAS enabled device in the network when the second DAS enabled device is DAS enabled and operating as an access point, in which the broadcast message uses an Association Configuration Protocol (“ACP”) that includes information indicating network capabilities of the second DAS enabled device and a data field identifies an ACP window and further identifies if the first DAS enabled device is to operate as a server or a client of a server, the broadcast message including an ACP type-length-value (“TLV”) added to an Information Element (“IE”) in a broadcast beacon when utilizing layer-2 broadcast messaging and the broadcast message including a notification when utilizing layer-3 broadcast messaging; setting the first and second DAS enabled devices as a server and client pair, provided the data field allows one of the first and second DAS enabled devices to operate as the server and the other of the first and second DAS enabled devices to operate as the client; and establishing a direct communication link between the first and second DAS enabled devices during a period when the ACP window is open to exchange packet information and to transfer packet data between the first and second DAS enabled devices, wherein the direct communication link is established without using a network access point device and the direct communication link is a signal path that does not include the access point device, but in which the first and second DAS enabled devices also communicate with other devices in the network via the access point device.