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US 2013/0294428 A1Published application
Mac header based traffic classification and methods for use therewith
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsQi Wang, Matthew James Fischer
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Abstract
A transceiver of an apparatus supports communication with at least one additional apparatus. A processing module processes at least a portion of media access control (MAC) header content of a MAC frame within a signal received via the at least one transceiver or generated internally. In particular, the MAC header content, and optionally the MAC payload content, is processed based on a filter and classification agreement between the apparatus and the at least one additional apparatus to classify the MAC frame.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one transceiver to support communication with at least one additional apparatus that includes a signal;
- and
- a processing module, coupled to the at least one transceiver, to process at least a portion of media access control (MAC) header content of a MAC frame within the signal based on a filter and classification agreement between the apparatus and the at least one additional apparatus, to classify the MAC frame as one of a plurality of frame types, wherein the MAC frame is formatted in accordance with an 802.11 protocol.
A method comprising:
- supporting communication of a signal between an apparatus and with at least one additional apparatus via at least one transceiver;
- and
- processing at least a portion of media access control (MAC) header content of a MAC frame within the signal based on a filter and classification agreement between the apparatus and the at least one additional apparatus, to classify the MAC frame as one of a plurality of frame types.
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one transceiver to support communication with at least one additional apparatus that includes a signal;
- and
- a processing module, coupled to the at least one transceiver, to process at least a portion of media access control (MAC) header content of a MAC frame within the signal based on a filter and classification agreement between the apparatus and the at least one additional apparatus to classify the MAC frame as one of a plurality of frame types.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.