Title (en)

COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL FOR WIRELESS LAN HARMONIZING THE IEEE 802.11a AND ETSI HiPerLAN/2 STANDARDS

Title (de)

KOMMUNIKATIONSPROTOKOLL FÜR EIN DRAHTLOSES LAN, DAS DIE NORMEN IEEE 802.11a UND ETSI HiPerLAN/2 HARMONISIERT

Title (fr)

PROTOCOLE DE COMMUNICATIONS POUR RLE SANS FIL POUVANT HARMONISER LES NORMES IEEE 802.11A ET HIPERLAN/2 ETSI

Publication

EP 1320952 A1 20030625 (EN)

Application

EP 01984507 A 20010711

Priority

• US 0121796 W 20010711
• US 22399300 P 20000809
• US 23041200 P 20000906

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0213429A1] A unified communications protocol for wireless local area networks (WLANs) (400) which provides for the fair co-existence of the IEEE 802.11a ("11a") and HiPerLAN/2 ("HL2"), broadband communications standards. Wireless network devices (MTs) operating in accordance with 11a and HL2 may co-exist without interference by partitioning a 2 ms periodic time domain, based on the HL2 standard, into a first slice for use by 11a MTs and a slice for use by HL2 devices. An Arbitrator entity (ARB) broadcasts the time slices periodically at an interval which is greater than or equal to the periodic time domain. A first access Point (E-AP) handles communication with the E-MTs, and a second Access Point (M-AP) handles communications with the e-MTSs and the M-MTs. In this manner, convergence is provided between 11a and HL2, providing users with the best of both worlds, e.g., full interoperability, QoS and co-existence.

IPC 1-7

H04J 3/00; H04Q 7/28

IPC 8 full level

H04L 12/28 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04W 74/04 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0213429A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0213429 A1 20020214; AU 2915702 A 20020218; EP 1320952 A1 20030625; TW 548935 B 20030821

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0121796 W 20010711; AU 2915702 A 20010711; EP 01984507 A 20010711; TW 90119535 A 20010809