Patent ID: 8744516

Claim:
A wireless communication device, comprising: a physical layer interface configured to facilitate communication over each of a plurality of networks, the plurality of networks comprising a first infrastructure communication network and a first ad-hoc communication network; a first station (STA) infrastructure virtual interface configure to communicate with an access point (AP) in the first infrastructure communication network; a first AP infrastructure virtual interface configured to communicate with an STA in the first ad-hoc communication network; and a second STA infrastructure virtual interface configured to communicate with an STA in a second ad-hoc communication network, the plurality of networks comprising the second ad-hoc communication network, wherein the first STA infrastructure virtual interface, the first AP infrastructure virtual interface, and the second STA infrastructure virtual interface are configured to simultaneously communicate with the AP in the first infrastructure communication network, the STA in the first ad-hoc communication network, and the STA in the second ad-hoc communication network, respectively.