Methods of establishing communications between a first station and a second station in a wireless local area network using a direct link protocol are disclosed in which a first distance between the first station and the second station and a second distance between the first station and an access point...http://www.google.de/patents/US20040246934?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20040246934 - Wireless local area networks and methods for establishing direct link protocol (DLP) communications between stations of wireless local area networks