Patent ID: 7260392

Claim:
A method, comprising: from a first node in a first basic service set (BSS) in a wireless local area network (LAN), sending a notification message via a first access point (AP) and a second AP to a second node in a second BSS in the wireless LAN to indicate to the second node that the first node moved from the second BSS to the first BSS, the first AP associated with the first BSS, the second AP associated with the second BSS, wherein the second node was sending data to the first node using a direct communication link between the second node and the first node when the first node moved to the first BSS, further comprising: from the second node, resuming said sending data to the first node after receiving the notification message, wherein resuming said sending data comprises: establishing an indirect communication link between the second node and the first node using the second AP and the first AP to enable the second node to resume said sending data to the first node.