Patent ID: 8559306
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions stored therein, the instructions operable, when executed to cause a processor to: access one or more transmit queues, each corresponding to a mobile station wirelessly connected to a given wireless mesh access point of a plurality of mesh access points, wherein the one or more transmit queues include a plurality of received packets; select a first mesh access point of the plurality of mesh access points; select a transmit queue corresponding to a first mobile station wirelessly connected to the selected first mesh access point; aggregate packets that are destined for the selected first mobile station up to a first size limit for mobile stations or a second size limit for aggregation packets, the first size limit being the maximum aggregation size limit for a particular mobile station before another mobile station is selected for aggregation; determine that the packets destined for the selected first mobile station have been aggregated up to the first size limit but not the second size limit; upon the determination that the packets destined for the selected first mobile station have been aggregated up to the first size limit but not the second size limit, compose an aggregation packet including the aggregated packets and transmit the aggregation packet to the selected first mesh access point.