Method of improving system performance in a wireless network by making requests without acknowledgement

摘要

A method is provided for processing a request from a remote device to a network coordinator in a wireless network. The remote device sends an association request to the network coordinator, and the network coordinator sends an association response to the remote device without first sending an acknowledgement to the remote device confirming receipt of the association request. In this way the network saves the time and complexity that would have been required creating, sending, and processing acknowledgement signals. Absent an acknowledgement, the remote device waits for up to a timeout period for the association response from the network coordinator, and if it does not come, the association process is a failure. In some implementations, however, the remote device may be allowed to retry sending the request a set number of times before the process fails.