Patent ID: 8238933

Claim:
A method for operating a wireless device as an access point in a network comprising: determining transmission characteristics and communication link characteristics of another wireless device in the network based on a wireless communication established between the wireless device operating as the access point and the another wireless device during a first operational period, in which the communication link characteristics are obtained via interaction between the wireless device and the another wireless device; storing the transmission characteristics and communication link characteristics of the another wireless device obtained during the first operational period for use during a subsequent communication between the wireless device and the another wireless device; receiving a wireless transmission from the another wireless device during a second operational period that is subsequent to the first operational period; determining transmission characteristics of the another wireless device when receiving the wireless transmission from the another wireless device during the second operational period; identifying a corresponding stored transmission characteristics of the another wireless device from the transmission characteristics received during the second operational period; retrieving the previously stored communication link characteristics of the another wireless device based on the corresponding stored transmission characteristics; and establishing a new communication link with the another wireless device using the previously stored communication link characteristics of the another wireless device during the second operational period, without interaction between the wireless device and the another wireless device to obtain a separate communication link characteristics.