Patent ID: 7145892
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of adaptive wireless bridging for bridging a mobile information handling system to a stationary (WLAN) network, comprising: using programming of the information handling system to: identify one or more bridging-peer systems that can establish a wireless communication connection with the network; select a bridging-peer system from the one or more bridging-peer systems; wherein the selecting step is performed by giving preference to a wired bridging-peer system, if any; establish a first communication connection between the selected bridging-peer system and said information handling system; using programming of the selected bridging-peer system to establish a second communication connection between said selected bridging-peer system and said network; and using programming of the information handling system to communicate with the network via the first and second wireless communication connections; wherein if the selected bridging-peer system is to go off line of the first connection, using programming of the selected bridging-peer system to send a message to the information handling system that the selected bridging-peer system will go off line; and using programming of the information handling system to identify a second bridging-peer system from said first plurality of information handling systems, and to establish a third communication connection between the information handling system and said second bridging-peer system, and using programming of the second bridging-peer system to establish a fourth communication connection between said second bridging-peer system and said network; using programming of the information handling system to communicate with the network via the third and fourth communication connections.