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A slave communication device in a wireless LAN system uses a single wireless channel. When a telephone apparatus outside the network originates a call to the LAN, the originated call first terminates at a master communication device. A wireless telephone communication can then be established between

A slave communication device in a wireless LAN system uses a single wireless channel. When a telephone apparatus outside the network originates a call to the LAN, the originated call first terminates at a master communication device. A wireless telephone communication can then be established between that telephone apparatus and the slave communication device without relaying through the master communication device, and without requiring particular processing, such as authentication on a host station side. A first state is when a transmission/reception device of the master communication device is turned on and transmission/reception devices of slave communication devices are turned off. A second state is when the transmission/reception device of the master communication device is turned off and only the transmission/reception device of one of the slave communication devices which is a subject of control delegation is turned on.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method comprising:receiving, at a wireless transceiver in a master communication device within a wireless local area network (LAN), a call from an originating telephone device outside the LAN;determining, at a master communication device, a telephone number of the originatin

What is claimed is: 1. A method comprising:receiving, at a wireless transceiver in a master communication device within a wireless local area network (LAN), a call from an originating telephone device outside the LAN;determining, at a master communication device, a telephone number of the originating telephone device and a slave communication device that the call is directed to;transmitting a control signal from a short-range wireless transceiver in a master communication device to a short-range wireless transceiver in a slave communication device having a wireless transceiver, the control signal comprising instructions for turning on the wireless transceiver in the slave communication device;turning off the wireless transceiver in the master communication device, after transmitting the control signal to the slave communication device;allowing the wireless transceiver in the slave communication device to use a wireless telephone line to communicate with the originating telephone device;receiving a status signal at the short-range wireless transceiver in the master communication device from the short-range wireless transceiver in the slave communication device indicating that communication between the wireless transceiver in the slave communication device and the originating telephone device is complete;turning on the wireless transceiver in the master communication device;transmitting a second status signal from the short-range wireless transceiver in the master communication device to the short-range wireless transceiver in the slave communication device indicating that the wireless transceiver of the master communication device is ON; andcompleting, at the master communication device, communication between the wireless transceiver in the master communication device and the originating telephone device.