Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus to provide data streaming over a network connection in a wireless MAC processor

US6954450B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

17References

43Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Mark Krischer · Hornsby, AU
Philip J. Ryan · Sydney, AU
Michael John Webb · Sydney, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 26, 2003
Grant date	Oct 11, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 10, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W12/033
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of wirelessly transmitting or receiving a packet of information, and an apparatus to wirelessly transmit or receive a packet of information. In the case of transmitting, the method includes streaming a data element, including at least some of the contents of the packet, over a network link during transmit time. In the case of receiving, the method includes streaming a data element, including at least some of the contents of the received packet, over a network link during receive time. The transmitting or receiving is by a station of a wireless network and the streaming is to or from the station from or to a network device coupled to the station by the network link.

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