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US 11,457,099 B2Granted
Integrated local area networks (LANs) and personal area networks (PANs)
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsBerend Dunsbergen, Peter Charles Mytton Thornycroft, Jian Dong
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Abstract
Architectures and techniques for hybrid network communications. Data is received from a remote end device via a first wireless interface and according to a first communications protocol. Data is received from a remote client device via a second wireless interface and according to a second communications protocol. At least a portion of the data from the remote end device is translated to a data format according to a first network protocol. Transmitting the translated data to a network coordinator entity via a wired interface and according to the second communications protocol.
Claims14
A wireless network comprising:
- a network controller having one or more wired interfaces to receive network traffic according to a first network protocol;
- at least one end device scanning for network access points to establish a wireless interface, wherein the wireless interface will be established between the at least one end device and one of the network access points if the network access point is within a connection range;
- the network access points each having wired interfaces to communicate with the network controller and at least a first wireless interface to communicate with wireless stations according to a first wireless protocol and at least a second wireless interface to communicate with the end devices according to a second wireless protocol, wherein the network access points convert traffic according to the first wireless protocol and traffic according to the second wireless protocol to the first network protocol;
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- the network access points transmitting the converted traffic to the network controller, wherein the second wireless protocol comprises an IEEE 802.15-compliant personal area network protocol, and wherein channel selection for communication with the network access points according to the second wireless protocol is performed independently for each network access point.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, are configurable to cause the one or more processors to:
- receive, from a remote end device, a scan request to join a network pursuant to the remote end device scanning for network access points;
- transmit, to the remote end device, a response comprising an identification of at least one network within a connection range to the remote end device;
- upon receipt of a confirmation from the remote end device, establish a wireless interface with the network, between the remote end device and one network access point of the network access points, comprising the identification chosen by the remote end device;
- receive, via a first wireless interface and according to a first communications protocol, data from the remote end device, the first communications protocol comprising an IEEE 802.15-compliant personal area network protocol;
- receive, via a second wireless interface and according to a second communications protocol, data from a remote client device;
- translate at least a portion of the data from the remote end device to a data format according to the first network protocol;
- transmit, via a wired interface and according to the first network protocol, the translated data to a network coordinator entity;
- wherein channel selection for communication with the network access points according to the first communications protocol is performed independently for each network access point.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, from a remote end device, a scan request to join a network pursuant to the remote end device scanning for network access points;
- transmitting, to the remote end device, a response comprising an identification of at least one network within a connection range to the remote end device;
- upon receipt of a confirmation from the remote end device, establishing a wireless interface with the network, between the remote end device and one network access point of the network access points, comprising the identification chosen by the remote end device;
- receiving, via a first wireless interface and according to a first communications protocol, data from the remote end device, the first communications protocol comprising an IEEE 802.15-compliant personal area network protocol;
- receiving, via a second wireless interface and according to a second communications protocol, data from a remote client device;
- translating at least a portion of the data from the remote end device to a data format according to a first network protocol;
- transmitting, via a wired interface and according to the first network protocol, the translated data to a network coordinator entity;
- wherein channel selection for communication with the network access points according to the first communications protocol is performed independently for each network access point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.