WAN transport of frames with MAC security
US9094375B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 7, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jul 28, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 7, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/162
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A physical layer device provides security processing on communication frames that may include tags or headers that are for use in a wide area network. As frames pass through the physical layer device, the frames are classified for a type of security processing. Depending on the classification a cipher is applied to the frames for integrity checking of data in the frames. Some frames are also encrypted. The security processing may exclude some of the tags or headers. The frames may also be filtered and buffered.
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