Patent ID: 7586867

Claim:
An access point for establishing one or more wireless distribution system links with one or more other access points, comprising: an input module comprising a button for receiving an input comprising an indication that the button is pressed longer or not longer than a predetermined time period, and initiating a wireless distribution system link according to the input; and a main module for detecting the input, determining an operating mode comprising a master mode or a slave mode according to the input comprising the indication that the button is pressed longer or not longer than the predetermined time period, and transmitting and receiving frames for establishing the wireless distribution system link according to the operating mode, wherein the frames for establishing the wireless distribution system link comprise a broadcast frame, a request frame, and an acknowledgment frame; wherein the broadcast frame comprises a basic set identifier (BSSID), a channel number, and a current wireless distribution system link number, the BSSID of the broadcast frame is a media access control (MAC) address of the access point that transmits the broadcast frame, the channel number of the broadcast frame is an existing channel of the access point transmitting the broadcast frame, and the current wireless distribution system link number of broadcast frame is established by the access point transmitting the broadcast frame; wherein the request frame comprises a request MAC service data unit (MSDU) comprising a BSSID and a wireless distribution system link number, the BSSID of the request frame is an MAC address from which the request frame is transmitted, and the wireless distribution system link number of the request frame is established by the access point transmitting the request frame; wherein the acknowledge frame comprises an acknowledge MSDU having information for establishing wireless distribution system links.