Patent ID: 8457674
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating in a wireless mesh network, the method comprising: implicitly assisting a subscriber station of a first class to select a network station for association, the network station having a highest available throughput through the wireless mesh network, said implicitly assisting comprises controlling a transmit power of a wireless link between the subscriber station of the first class and a wireless node, said controlling based, at least in part, on one or more backhaul link qualities in the wireless mesh network; and sending frames to a subscriber station of a second class from the wireless node, the frames comprising a legacy portion in a format compatible with the subscriber station of the first class and an extended portion in a format not recognized by the subscriber station of the first class, the extended portion comprising explicit information regarding the one or more backhaul link qualities; wherein controlling the transmit power comprises reducing a transmit power below a normal transmit power for at least one of a plurality of frames sent to the subscriber station of the first class and resuming the normal transmit power for a remainder of the plurality of frames.