Wireless transportation protocol
US7908392B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 10, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W80/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data transportation protocol (13, 21) for transferring data within a wireless network (6), the protocol (13, 21) comprising: a block I/O interface layer (40) to provide a single level of translation between block I/O storage protocol commands and network packets; and a wireless transport layer (41) to transport the network packets between a client (6A) and server (6B) within the network (6); wherein the block I/O interface layer (40) performs operations directly on a storage device driver (23) and a network device driver (14, 20) of the client (6A) and server (6B).
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