Patent ID: 8396024

Claim:
A method of communicating with a subscriber station, comprising: responsive to determining that a supplemental communication link with the subscriber station is desirable, identifying at least a second access point to establish the supplemental communication link with the subscriber station; communicating to the second access point information that identifies the subscriber station, that identifies a channel resource to be used by a first access point for transmission of dedicated pilots and data to the subscriber station, and that enables the second access point to construct an equivalent dedicated pilot sequence as the first access point for use within the channel resource used by the first access point, wherein the channel resource is also to be used by the second access point for transmission of dedicated pilots and supplemental data to the subscriber station; and communicating to the second access point downlink supplemental data that improves integrity of data transmitted from the first access point to the subscriber station when the downlink supplemental data is transmitted from the second access point to the subscriber station in coordination with the data transmitted from the first access point using the equivalent dedicated pilot sequence and the channel resource used by the first access point; and wherein no information is provided to the subscriber station pertaining to transmission of supplemental data by the second access point and pilots used by the second access point in the channel resource.