METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK MANAGEMENT IN A HYBRID WIRED/WIRELESS NETWORK - Patent 1543640

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EP 1 543 640 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	22.06.2005 Bulletin 2005/25

(21)	Application number: 03749562.9

(22)	Date of filing: 09.09.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04J 1/16, H04J 3/16, H04L 12/28, H04Q 7/24

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/028337

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/028049 (01.04.2004 Gazette 2004/14)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

17.09.2002 US 411301 P
17.09.2002 US 411261 P
13.12.2002 US 433122 P
20.12.2002 US 435984 P

(71)	Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
	Irvine,California 92619-7013 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	FRANK, Ed, H. Atherton, CA 94027 (US) MARTIN, Richard Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jehle, Volker Armin
	Bosch, Graf v. Stosch, JehlePatentanwaltsgesellschaft mbHFlüggenstrasse 13 80639 München 80639 München (DE)

(54)	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK MANAGEMENT IN A HYBRID WIRED/WIRELESS NETWORK