System and method for multi-mode radio operation

摘要

Described is a mobile station comprising a processor and a memory. The memory contains a table and stores a set of instructions for execution on the processor. The set of instructions, when executed, causes the mobile station to: i) listen for one of a transmission of a data packet by an access point to a further mobile station and a transmission of an acknowledgment by the further mobile station to the access point; ii) add an address of the further mobile station to the table when the one of the listened for transmissions is detected; and iii) send a further data packet destined for the further mobile station directly to the further mobile station when the address is present in the table.