Method and system for routing path determination for mobile workstations in a multisegment local area network
CA 2130409 C · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Wu, David C.; Van Duren, Richard George; Moore, Victor S.
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A method and system for maintaining a routing path between a selected workstation within a multisegment local area network and a mobile workstation wherein individual segments within the multisegment local area network are interconnected by a router device and wherein selected segments within the multisegment local area network include radio frequency transceivers adapted to provide a wireless communications link with mobile workstations. Each time communication is established between a mobile workstation and a selected workstation within the multisegment local area network via a radio frequency transceiver a routing table entry is established which identifies a segment location for the …
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- Filed August 18, 1994 and granted June 22, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 18, 2014.
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