WLAN home networking with multi-room DVR direct link
US9467371B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 21, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 24, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method includes operating a communication system (20) that includes a wireless access point (AP—24) and multiple wireless stations (STAs—28), including at least a first STA that is connected to a first endpoint (36) and a second STA that is connected to a second endpoint (36). A communication packet is transferred from the first endpoint to the second endpoint by transmitting the packet from the first STA to the second STA, not via the AP, using an addressing scheme that specifies in the packet respective layer-2 addresses of the first and second STAs but not of the first and second endpoints. In the second STA, the layer-2 address of the second endpoint is resolved, the resolved layer-2 address is inserted into the packet and the packet is forwarded to the second endpoint using the inserted layer-2 address.
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