Method for RF network virtual end nodes
US6914906B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 5, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/08
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for virtual end nodes indicates in routing information (51) that the data packet is for a “special access” to an end node with a virtual address (60). An RF network device then inserts the identity of the physical end node (virtual address) into user information (62). If an access point (14) determines that the user information is for the virtual address (66), then all virtual end nodes 41-43 receive the data packet and analyze the virtual end node identity from the user information (68).
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