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| 20080272880 | DEVICE WITH IC, SOC OR SIP HAVING ONE OR MORE REMOTELY ENABLED MODULE AND METHODS FOR SELLING THE DEVICE - A device comprises an integrated circuit comprising N first circuit modules each having an enabled state, wherein N is an integer greater than zero and M second circuit modules each having a disabled state, wherein M is an integer greater than zero. A control module that outputs upgrade data including identification of the M second circuit modules for enabling the M second circuit modules, respectively, and that allows selection and enablement of at least one of the M second circuit modules by a purchaser based on payment of at least corresponding ones of M prices associated with said M second circuit modules. | 11-06-2008 |
| 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 |
| 20100067509 | RAPID LOCAL ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - According to one embodiment, apparatus having corresponding computer programs comprise: a receiver to receive a first wireless signal from a wireless network; an address module to determine a type of Internet Protocol address assignment employed by the wireless network based on the first wireless signal; and a connection module to establish a network-layer connection to the wireless network based on the type of Internet Protocol address assignment determined by the address module. According to another embodiment, apparatus having corresponding computer programs comprise: a transmitter to transmit a first wireless signal, wherein the first wireless signal represents an indication of a type of Internet Protocol address assignment employed by a wireless network connected to the apparatus. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100332822 | WIRELESS MULTIBAND SECURITY - A network device includes a first physical layer (PHY) module, a second physical layer (PHY) module, and a security module. The first PHY module is configured to operate in a first frequency band. The second PHY module is configured to operate in a second frequency band. The security module is configured to establish security for the first frequency band responsive to the network device operating in the first frequency band. The security module is further configured to establish security for the second frequency band prior to the network device switching operation from the first frequency band to the second frequency band. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100333185 | GENERATING SECURITY MATERIAL - An apparatus and method establish a secure, direct, station-to-station communication between a first station and a second station in a topology (e.g., PBSS) having a central secret holder/provider that allows secure, direct, station-to-station communications and that allows secure station-to-station broadcast communications. The first station and the second station will have previously established a security association (SA) with a topology control point (PCP). The method includes creating pair-wise unique material for the first station. The pair-wise unique material is computed as a function of (i) a known shared secret associated with the PCP, (ii) a first piece of unique data associated with the first station, and (iii) a second piece of unique data associated with the second station. The method includes securely communicating the pair-wise unique material from the first station to the second station. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110055558 | GALOIS/COUNTER MODE ENCRYPTION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A system includes a temporal key module, a nonce module, and a security module. The temporal key module is configured to generate a first temporal key. The first temporal key is to be used to encrypt a plurality of packets. The nonce module is configured to generate a nonce for each packet encrypted based on the first temporal key. Each nonce includes a packet number that is different than packet numbers associated with other nonces generated by the nonce module. The security module is configured to determine when the packet number included in the nonce generated by the nonce module is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110154039 | STATION-TO-STATION SECURITY ASSOCIATIONS IN PERSONAL BASIC SERVICE SETS - A personal basic service set (PBSS) includes a first device configured to communicate in the PBSS and a second device configured to communicate in the PBSS. The first device is configured to establish a robust security network association (RSNA) with the second device (i) without associating with a PBSS control point (PCP) and (ii) without associating with the second device. | 06-23-2011 |
