A Wireless bridge conjoins two previously incompatible technologies within a single device to leverage the strengths of each. The Wireless bridge marries the Personal Area Network (PAN) technology of Bluetooth as described in Bluetooth Specification Version 1.0B with the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)...http://www.google.com/patents/US6452910?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6452910 - Bridging apparatus for interconnecting a wireless PAN and a wireless LAN
Bridging apparatus for interconnecting a wireless PAN and a wireless LAN