US Patent 7983225 Wireless network beacon timing

Patent 7983225 was granted and assigned to Tropos Networks on July, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Tropos Networks

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7983225

Date of Patent

July 19, 2011

Patent Application Number

11731407

Date Filed

March 30, 2007

Patent Primary Examiner

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Marivelisse Santiago-Cordero

Patent abstract

An apparatus and method of a wireless network timing transmission of multiple BSSID beacons is disclosed. The method includes identifying multiple personalities of the wireless network, wherein a separate MAC address corresponding with each of the personalities. A beacon type is assigned for each of the personalities. During each transmission interval, a plurality of the beacon types are consecutively transmitted, wherein the different beacon types are consecutively spaced during transmission by a predetermined inter-frame spacing, wherein the predetermined inter-frame spacing is substantially less than an air-time duration of each transmission interval.