Patent ID: 8547906

Claim:
A method comprising: transmitting at least one message from a wireless device in a wireless network to at least a first access point in the wireless network, the wireless network including a plurality of access points; determining, by the wireless device, whether at least one acknowledgement message is received at the wireless device from at least one of the access points; in response to determining that the at least one acknowledgement message has not been received, transmitting the at least one message from the wireless device to a second access point in the wireless network, wherein the second access point is a different device than the first access point; and receiving the at least one acknowledgement message at the wireless device from at least one of the access points; wherein the at least one message includes a group identifier that identifies intended access points associated with the message, and wherein the at least one access point that receives the at least one message from the wireless device determines that the at least one access point is associated with the group identifier and identifies a time or position to transmit the at least one acknowledgement message to the wireless device.