Patent ID: 6259898
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
An access point for use in a wireless network having a system backbone and a plurality of mobile terminals, comprising:a communication circuit coupling the access point to the system backbone;a first transceiver for wirelessly communicating with at least one of the plurality of mobile terminals on a first communication channel; anda second transceiver for wirelessly communicating with at least another of the plurality of mobile terminals on a second communication channel different from the first communication channel;wherein each transceiver periodically broadcasts a beacon including transmission parameters respectively corresponding to the communication channel of the first and second transceivers, and the first and second transceivers register a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal going into a sleep mode with respect to one of the first transceiver and the second transceiver, and the beacon broadcast by the other of the first transceiver and the second transceiver containing an indication of whether unsolicited data for the mobile terminal was received and buffered by the one of the first transceiver and the second transceiver.