A particular method includes receiving, at an access point, one or more request messages
from one or more relay nodes, each of the one or more request messages is a probe request …

The mathematical modeling and performance evaluation of the IEEE 802.11 network in all
its various extensions (802.11 b, 802.11 a, 802.11 g, 802.11 e, 802.11 n, etc.) have already …

Abstract Systems, methods, and devices for address format detection are described herein.
In one aspect, a method of detecting whether an addressing format is supported by an …

Over two decades, the problem of location dependent has been focused for improving the
communication bandwidth-power efficiency of homogeneous networks. The efficiencies of …

Energy conservation is a key design issue for a battery-limited wireless sensor network
(WSN). Compared with non-cooperative communication, cooperative communication can …

In this paper, we propose L2Relay, a novel packet relay protocol for Wi-Fi networks that can
improve the performance and extend the range of the network. A device running L2Relay is …

Wireless networks have been widely adopted in homes, offices and public hot spots. Two
problems with wireless networks are the limited range and unavoidable packet loss. Much …

Systems, methods, and devices for communicating data in a wireless communications
network are described herein. In some aspects, a relay provides relay services for network …