Devices and methods for WLAN enhanced broadcast services
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsStephen McCann, Michael Montemurro
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Abstract
An access point (AP) is configured to establish an Enhanced Broadcast Services, (EBCS) multicast stream between one or more backend servers and one or more non-AP stations of a wireless local area network (WLAN). The AP comprises a communication interface configured to transmit or receive a frame of the EBCS multicast stream, wherein the frame comprises a content identifier indicative of the EBCS multicast stream, an EBCS MAC address indicative of the frame being an EBCS frame, and a multicast address indicative of the frame being a multicast frame.
Claims20
An access point (AP) of a wireless local area network, (WLAN), wherein the AP comprises:
- a communication interface configured to transmit or receive a frame of an Enhanced Broadcast Services (EBCS) multicast stream,
- wherein the frame comprises a content identifier that indicates the EBCS multicast stream, an EBCS medium access control (MAC) address that indicates an EBCS frame, and a multicast address that indicates a multicast frame, and
- wherein the frame is an 802.11 MAC frame comprising a first MAC address field, a second MAC address field, and a third MAC address field.
A method comprising:
- establishing, by an access point (AP), an Enhanced Broadcast Services (EBCS) multicast stream between one or more backend servers and one or more non-AP stations of a wireless local area network (WLAN);
- and
- transmitting or receiving, by the AP, a frame of the EBCS multicast stream,
- wherein the frame comprises a content identifier that indicates the EBCS multicast stream, an EBCS medium access control (MAC) address that indicates an EBCS frame, and a multicast address that indicates a multicast frame, and
- wherein the frame is an 802.11 MAC frame comprising a first MAC address field, a second MAC address field, and a third MAC address field.
A non-access point (non-AP) station of a wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein the non-AP station comprises:
- a communication interface configured to transmit a frame of an Enhanced Broadcast Services (EBCS) multicast stream to one or more APs,
- wherein the frame comprises a content identifier that indicates the EBCS multicast stream, an EBCS medium access control (MAC) address that indicates an EBCS frame, and a multicast address that indicates a multicast frame, and
- wherein the frame is an 802.11 MAC frame comprising a first MAC address field, a second MAC address field, and a third MAC address field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.