DATA NETWORK HAVING A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK WITH A PACKET HOPPING WIRELESS BACKBONE

摘要

A wireless local area network (LAN) (52) for data communications. The wirele ss LAN includes a packet hopping access terminal (PHAST) (68) and a packet hopping gateway (PHG) (70). The PHAST has a first transceiver (76/78) for wirelessly communicating with a client device (64), and a second transceiver (84/86) for wirelessly receiving data packets addressed to the client device and for wirelessly transmitting data packets received from the client device in accordance with a packet hopping protocol. The PHG has a transceiver (84/90) for wirelessly receiving the data packets transmitted by the PHAST a nd for transmitting the data packets addressed to the client device in accordan ce with the packet hopping protocol, and a network interface (99) for establishing communication with a server (58).