Patent ID: 7957741

Claim:
A method for coordinating communication amongst a plurality of mobile stations to a network switch having a plurality of ports, each of the plurality of ports being coupled to at least one repeater from among a plurality of repeaters, the method comprising: (A) pre-assigning a token to a first repeater from among of the plurality of repeaters, the token uniquely associating the first repeater with a mobile station from among the plurality of mobile stations; (B) receiving a first indicator associated with a data packet from the mobile station received at the first repeater at a first port from among the plurality of ports and a second indicator associated with the data packet received at a second repeater from among the plurality of repeaters at a second port from among the plurality of ports; and (C) determining whether a second repeater is closer to the mobile station based upon the first indicator and the second indicator; and (D) re-assigning the token to the second repeater if the second repeater is closer to the mobile station.