Patent ID: 7466660

Claim:
In a wireless communication system including a plurality of basic service sets (BSSs), each BSS being capable of receiving signals from at least one neighboring BSS and including an access point (AP) and at least one wireless transmit/receiver unit (WTRU), the AP including a measurement period (MP) interval timer, a promiscuous measurement period (PMP) timer and a transceiver including a receiver filter, a method for processing data packets received by the AP, the packets originating from the AP's own BSS and the at least one neighboring BSS, the method comprising: (a) setting an interval of the MP interval timer while the receiver filter is enabled, wherein the AP is restricted to processing only packets received on a given channel which originate from the AP's own BSS; (b) when the MP interval timer expires, setting a value of the PMP timer to a predetermined time duration and disabling the receiver filter for the predetermined time duration, wherein the AP processes packets received on the given channel which originate from the AP's own BSS and the at least one neighboring BSS; and (c) enabling the receiver filter when the PMP timer expires.