Method and apparatus for disabling transmission of a packet with aggregated data from multiple packets having an address for a group of network devices
US9313125B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 24, 2014 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W28/065
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A first network device including a first module, a control module, an aggregation module, a format module and an interface. The first module relates multiple addresses of a group of network devices to a first address. The control module determines whether both first packet and second packets have the first address. The aggregation module, in response to determining that the first and second packets have the first address, concatenate the first and second packets to provide aggregated data. The format module adds a header to the aggregated data to generate a third packet for a second network device. The interface, based on whether transmission to the second network device is enabled for the third packet, transmits the third packet to the second network device. The first module disables transmission of the third packet if a timer expires or a leave message is received from the second network device.
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