Patent ID: 8331848

Claim:
A first wireless communication apparatus for operation in a communication network, the first wireless communication apparatus comprising: a receiver unit to receive control data and audio data from an audio gateway; a control unit to use the control data to provide a wireless link between the first wireless communication apparatus and the audio gateway, for wireless communication of the audio data from the audio gateway to the first communication apparatus; and a transmitter unit, where the receiver unit is to receive, from another wireless communication apparatus, a request for the control data, where the control unit is to forward, via the transmitter unit, the control data to the other wireless communication apparatus, in response to the request, for enabling the other wireless communication apparatus to use the control data to gain access to the wireless link, between the first wireless communication apparatus and the audio gateway, to receive the audio data when communicated between the audio gateway and the first wireless communication apparatus, and where the control unit is to disconnect a connection to a first other wireless communication apparatus before a connection to a second other wireless communication apparatus is established.