Docking station and method to connect to a docking station

1. A docking station, comprising:

a wireless transceiver;

a plurality of bridges configured to convert a data from a first type to a second type;

a switch coupled to a plurality of input/output (I/O) controllers; and

a processer configured to:

determine a link bandwidth between a device and the docking station, and

measure a distance between the device and the docking station;

wherein the docking station is configured to automatically establish a wireless connection to the device if:

the link bandwidth is greater than or equal to a minimum bandwidth requirement for connecting to the docking station, and

the distance between the device and the docking station is less than or equal to an effective work area; wherein the effective work area is determined by at least one or more from the following group:

a size of a monitor to which the docking station is connected;

requesting manual input from a user to adjust the effective work area in a mobile client docking software utility;

requesting a hold of the device by a user and moving along a working environment while the distance between the device and the docking station is recorded, wherein the maximum distance recorded is used as the effective work area;

silently recording the distance between the device and the docking station while a user is working on the docking station, wherein the maximum distance measured is recorded as the effective work area;

silently recording a distance between the device and the docking station at least for a minimum time;

and combinations thereof.

2. The docking station of claim 1 , the docking station further configured to disconnect the wireless connection if:

the link bandwidth is less than the minimum bandwidth requirement of connecting to the docking station, or

the distance between the device and the docking station is greater than the effective work area.

3. The docking station of claim 1 , further comprising a memory configured to store the effective work area.

4. The docking station of claim 1 , the docking station further configured to use the size of the monitor to determine the effective work area from a preconfigured table.

5. The docking station of claim 1 , the docking station further configured to determine the size of the monitor by reading an extended display identification data (EDID) over a video interface between the docking station and the monitor.

6. The docking station of claim 1 , the docking station further configured to determine that the user is working whenever there is activity on the device.

7. The docking station of claim 1 , the docking station further configured to trigger an adjustment of the effective work area when the docking station identifies that the user is not satisfied with the effective work area used by the docking station.

8. A method for establishing a wireless connection between a docking station and a device, the method comprising:

determining a link bandwidth between the device and the docking station;

measuring a distance between the device and the docking station; and

configuring the device to automatically connect to the docking station if:

the link bandwidth is greater than or equal to a minimum bandwidth requirement for connecting to the docking station; and

the distance between the device and the docking station is less than or equal to an effective work area; wherein the effective work area is determined by at least one or more from the following group:

a size of a monitor to which the docking station is connected;

requesting manual input from a user to adjust the effective work area in a mobile client docking software utility;

requesting a hold of the device by a user and moving along a working environment while the distance between the device and the docking station is recorded, wherein the maximum distance recorded is used as the effective work area;

silently recording the distance between the device and the docking station while a user is working on the docking station, wherein the maximum distance measured is recorded as the effective work area;

silently recording a distance between the device and the docking station at least for a minimum time;

and combinations thereof.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising configuring the device to disconnect the wireless connection if:

the link bandwidth is less than the minimum bandwidth requirement of connecting to the docking station, or

the distance between the device and the docking station is greater than the effective work area.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions to establish a wireless connection between a docking station and a device, comprising:

determining a link bandwidth between the device and the docking station;

measuring a distance between the device and the docking station; and

configuring the device to automatically connect to the docking station if:

the link bandwidth is greater than or equal to a minimum bandwidth requirement for connecting to the docking station; and

the distance between the device and the docking station is less than or equal to an effective work area; wherein the effective work area is determined by at least one or more from the following group:

a size of a monitor to which the docking station is connected;

requesting manual input from a user to adjust the effective work area in a mobile client docking software utility;

requesting a hold of the device by a user and moving along a working environment while the distance between the device and the docking station is recorded, wherein the maximum distance recorded is used as the effective work area;

silently recording the distance between the device and the docking station while a user is working on the docking station, wherein the maximum distance measured is recorded as the effective work area;

silently recording a distance between the device and the docking station at least for a minimum time;

and combinations thereof.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , further comprising configuring the device to disconnect the wireless connection if:

the link bandwidth is less than the minimum bandwidth requirement of connecting to the docking station, or

the distance between the device and the docking station is greater than the effective work area.