Patent ID: 8892774

Claim:
A wireless communication system comprising: a plurality of nodes that are part of a wireless local area network; and a plurality of access points connected to the wireless local area network, the access points providing communication between at least one of the plurality of nodes and at least one wide area network; wherein at least one of the plurality of nodes is configured to: register with a plurality of access points by: sending registration messages to more than one of the plurality of access points; for each of the plurality of access points that acknowledges a registration message sent by the at least one node, obtaining a unique network address of the at least one node corresponding to that access point in response to receipt of the acknowledgement, to thereby obtain a plurality of unique network addresses that are concurrently available for communications via the respective access points with which the at least one node is registered; generate a message intended for a network destination accessible through the at least one wide area network connected with one of the plurality of access points with which the at least one node is registered; and send the generated message to the intended network destination via the one of the plurality of access points by utilizing the unique network address obtained for the one of the plurality of access points.