Method for selecting virtual end nodes in an RF network
US6363070B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W48/08
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for virtual end nodes indicates in routing information (51) that the routing information is a “special access” to a virtual end node (60). An RF network device then inserts the identity (52) of the physical end node into user information (62) and insert a filter field for selecting which virtual end node(s) are to respond to the user information (63). An end node (41) determines whether the user information is for it (69-72), then the end node 41 responds to the RF network (75), otherwise the end node 41 ignores the user information.
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