Low-level communication layers and device employing same
US7746900B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 22, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/325
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic device employing an efficient network protocol stack. The protocol stack comprises a network-level protocol layer configured to provide a transmission service for transferring data to and from a computer network, and a device-level protocol layer configured to send and receive information specific to an interface of the electronic device over the network via the transmission service of the network-level protocol layer. Alternately, each of the network-level protocol layer and the device-level protocol layer may be employed individually with other network protocol layers to construct a functioning network protocol stack.
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