METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN INTELLIGENT SWITCH F0R BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT IN A HYBRID WIRED/WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK

Title:

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN INTELLIGENT SWITCH F0R BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT IN A HYBRID WIRED/WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO2004027999

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

Aspects of the invention provide a system and method for bandwidth management in a hybrid wired/wireless local area network. A method for bandwidth management in a hybrid wired/wireless local area network may include recieving from a furst access point and/or a first switch, a first messaging protocol message for establishing a communication session. Responsive to the first messaging protocol message, an available communication bandwidth is determined for at least a portion of the hybrid wired/wireless local area network and bandwidth is allocated to accommodate the communication session as shown in Fig. 1a. the first access point may be notified of the allocation of bandwidth using a second messaging protocol message. The first messaging protcol message may be recieved by a second switch and/or a second access point, bandwidth usage information may be requested from the first access point and/or the first switch using the first messaging protocol message as shown in Fig. 1b.

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Inventors:

FRANK ED H (US)
MARTIN RICHARD (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US2003/028302

Publication Date:

November 29, 2007

Filing Date:

September 09, 2003

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Assignee:

BROADCOM CORP (US)

International Classes:

G06F15/16; G01S5/02; H04L12/28; H04L12/54; H04L47/765; H04L47/80; H04L69/40; H04W16/16; H04W28/20; H04L1/16

Foreign References:

US6263370B1

2001-07-17

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