Patent ID: 7668542

Claim:
A network switch, comprising: a plurality of ports, each of the plurality of ports configurable to communicate with one of a corresponding plurality of repeaters, wherein multiple repeaters receive packets from one of a plurality of mobile stations assigned to the network; and processing logic configured (i) to pre-assign a token to one of the plurality of repeaters, wherein the token uniquely associates one of the repeaters with one of the mobile stations, (ii) to receive a packet from the one mobile station at each of the plurality of ports corresponding to the multiple repeaters that received the packets, (iii) to determine whether the packet was received cleanly at the port corresponding to the repeater associated with the one mobile station as indicated by the pre-assigned token, and (iv) if the packet was not received cleanly at the port corresponding to the repeater associated with the one mobile station, then to re-assign the token to a selected one of the plurality of repeaters that did receive the packet cleanly.