Patent ID: 7362723

Claim:
A wireless routing mechanism for same group and inter-group operations covering both a wire network and a wireless network, the wireless routing mechanism being implemented in a wireless distribution system (WDS) mode such that in response to sending a management frame having an information element (IE) from an access point (AP), each of other APs receiving the management frame is capable of automatically establishing a wireless network topology in a wire network infrastructure based on information contained in a plurality of fields of the IE, the IE comprising: an Element ID field for storing an ID of the IE; a Length field for storing a total length of the IE; a Current Group ID (CGID) field for representing a group ID of one AP when the wireless routing mechanism performs such that other APs are adapted to be aware of whether a specific group exists and operates; a Role of AP field for representing a current role of the AP when the wireless routing mechanism performs; a Sequence field for representing a sequence number of a latest available IE and for indicating an existence of a specific group; and a MACofRootAP field for representing a MAC value of a root AP in the group.