Specialized Data Transfer in a Wireless Communication System
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsFred Bunn, Tom Johnson
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Abstract
A wireless communication system and method is provided for the transfer and processing of data in accordance with specialized data transfer protocols while utilizing conventional base station equipment. For example, the wireless communication system may include a subscriber station that provides for the modification of data packets in accordance with a proprietary protocol and the addressing of the modified data packets to a server. The server is adapted to reconstruct the data packets for transmission to other local subscriber stations or to a packet-switched network. In additional embodiments, the base station itself rather than a server operates to reconstruct the data packets.
Claims21
A media access control (MAC) in a subscriber station, comprising:
- first MAC logic configured to modify data packets received from a user device in accordance with a first data transfer protocol that is non-compliant with a second data transfer protocol, and further configured to append restoration information to the modified data packets;
- second MAC logic configured to append a unique hardware address of a server to the modified data packets;
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- an output configured to provide the modified data packets over a wireless network to a base station that is compliant with the second data transfer protocol;
- wherein the second MAC logic enables the base station to transfer the modified data packets to the server in accordance with the unique hardware address to enable the server to restore the contents of the modified data packets to an unmodified state.
A media access control (MAC) in a subscriber station, comprising:
- first MAC logic configured to modify data packets received from a user device in accordance with a first data transfer protocol that is non-compliant with a second data transfer protocol, and further configured to append, to the modified data packets, information identifying the subscriber station;
- second MAC logic configured to append a unique hardware address of a server to the modified data packets;
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- an output configured to provide the modified data packets over a wireless network to a base station that is compliant with the second data transfer protocol;
- wherein the second MAC logic enables the base station to transfer the modified data packets to the server in accordance with the unique hardware address to enable the server to restore the contents of the modified data packets to an unmodified state.
A media access control (MAC) in a subscriber station, comprising:
- first MAC logic configured to form modified data packets by modifying incremental changes to fields in data packets received from a user device in accordance with a first data transfer protocol that is non-compliant with a second data transfer protocol;
- second MAC logic configured to append a unique hardware address of a server to the modified data packets;
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- an output configured to provide the modified data packets over a wireless network to a base station that is compliant with the second data transfer protocol;
- wherein the second MAC logic enables the base station to transfer the modified data packets to the server in accordance with the unique hardware address to enable the server to restore the contents of the modified data packets to an unmodified state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.