Patent ID: 8553626

Claim:
A method for supporting access in a wireless communication system, comprising: checking a plurality of stations (STA) which are to get access in a network and a plurality of access nodes of the respective STAs; determining access priorities of the checked STAs and priorities of the access nodes of the respective STAs; dividing a wireless resource and channel available in the network into multiple wireless resources and channels; and connecting the access nodes of the respective STAs to the multiple wireless resources and channels using a multi-channel media access control (MAC) protocol, such that each station has access to the respective access node via multiple channels, each handled separately, wherein, in said determining the access priorities of the checked STAs and the priorities of the access nodes of the respective STAs, the priority of an intra-node which is an internal access node of the respective STAs is determined to be higher than that of an inter-user node which is an access node between the respective STAs, wherein, in said connecting the access nodes of the respective STAs to the multiple wireless resources and channels using a multi-channel media access control (MAC) protocol, the access nodes of the respective STAs are connection through multi-rendezvous using the multi-channel MAC protocol, depending on the priorities excluding the priorities of access nodes which are already connected.