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| 20090034498 | Simultaneously Maintaining Bluetooth and 802.11 Connections to Increase Data Throughput - A device for wirelessly communicating between one or more mobile communication devices over a wireless network. A primary mobile communication device is configured to establish one or more connections to one or more secondary mobile communication devices. The primary mobile communication device is further configured to establish a first connection and a second connection to at least one of the secondary mobile communication devices. The first connection is a Bluetooth (BT) connection and the second connection is a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) connection. The primary mobile device is also configured to establish a third connection to another secondary mobile communication device wherein the third connection is a WiFi connection. Additionally, the primary mobile communication device is configured to simultaneously maintain the BT connection and the WiFi connections during the bi-directional transmission of data between the primary mobile communication device and the secondary mobile communication devices. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090262677 | MULTICAST TO UNICAST CONVERSION SYSTEM - A network device includes a first interface that receives multicast packets and a control module that determines that N of the multicast packets have a common multicast address. The network device also includes a packet aggregation module that uses the N of the multicast packets to form aggregate data. The network device also includes a packet format module that adds a header to the aggregate data to form a unicast packet. The network device also includes a second interface that transmits the unicast packet. N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100008276 | POWER SAVE MODE FOR ACCESS POINTS - An access point includes a detection module and a control module. The detection module determines whether a client station communicates with the access point during a predetermined period of time. The access point initially operates in a normal mode during the predetermined period of time. The control module transitions the access point from the normal mode to a power save mode based on whether the client station communicates with the access point during the predetermined period of time. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100008277 | PARTIAL POWER SAVE MODE FOR ACCESS POINTS DURING DEVICE DISCOVERY - An access point includes a beacon module and a control module. The access point transmits a beacon during a beacon interval. The beacon module determines a first portion of the beacon interval and a second portion of the beacon interval. The access point operates in a normal mode during the first portion of the beacon interval. The control module operates the access point in a power save mode during the second portion of the beacon interval. The control module operates the access point in the power save mode in response to a client station not communicating with the access point during the first portion of the beacon interval. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100010899 | SERVICE DISCOVERY METHODS - Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for service discovery. The method includes receiving a first service advertisement by a first device. The first service advertisement includes at least a service of a second device. Further, the method include updating a service directory of the first device to include the service of the second device, and transmitting a second service advertisement by the first device. The second service advertisement includes at least the service of the second device, and can be used by a third device to effect use of the service of the second device. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100011231 | ACCESS POINT ROTATION FOR SHARING POWER LOAD - Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for sharing power load in a network. The method includes identifying a first device to serve as an AP of the network in a next time interval, providing network information from a second device that presently serves as the AP to the first device. When the first device starts to serve as the AP of the network, the second device can be configured to enter into a power save state in order to reduce power consumption by the second device in the next time interval. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100054154 | IP ASSIGNMENT SCHEME FOR DYNAMIC PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS - An approach for assigning IP network addresses and for performing name resolution and service discovery in infrastructure mode and/or ad-hoc mode peer-to-peer networks. The size of an ad-hoc network and/or the size of infrastructure network basic service sets may be limited to a selected number of peer stations. A first portion of an IP network address assigned to stations joining a network may be predetermined by the network to be joined and a second portion of the IP network address may be selected dynamically, as each new station joins the network. Stations may generate layer 2 messages that include an information element containing information that supports peer-to-peer service discovery, name resolution and IP network address assignment across multiple ad-hoc and infrastructure networks. A peer-to-peer station may dynamically connect to available ad-hoc or infrastructure networks to access required services, as needed. | 03-04-2010 |
