US 2025/0063347 A1 · ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD USED IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK TO EXTEND SIGNAL COVERAGE AND ASSIST COMMUNICATION STABILITY AND RELIABILITY

Abstract

An electronic device used in a wireless communication network is wirelessly coupled between an access point device and a station device, and it comprises a receiver circuit, a decryption circuit, an address swap circuit, an encryption circuit, and a transmitter circuit. The receiver circuit receives a wireless packet. The decryption circuit decrypts the received wireless packet to generate a decrypted wireless packet. The address swap circuit changes information of at least one MAC address recorded in a MAC header of the decrypted wireless packet to generate an address-swapped packet so as to disguise itself as the access point device or the station device. The encryption circuit encrypts the address-swapped packet to generate an encrypted packet. The transmitter circuit sends the encrypted packet into the air.

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Dependent claims

An electronic device used in a wireless communication network and is to be wirelessly connected between an access point device and a station device, comprising:

a receiver circuit, for receiving a wireless packet;
an decryption circuit, coupled to the receiver circuit, for performing a decryption operation upon the wireless packet to generate a decoded packet data;
an address swap circuit, coupled to the decryption circuit, for swapping at least one medium access control address recorded in a medium access control header of the decoded packet data so as to generate a swapped packet data to make the electronic device disguise itself as the access point device or as the station device;
an encryption circuit, coupled to the address swap circuit, for performing an encryption operation upon the swapped packet data to generate an encrypted wireless packet;
and
a transmitter circuit, coupled to the encryption circuit, for transmitting the encrypted wireless packet.

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A method of an electronic device used in a wireless communication network and is to be wirelessly connected between an access point device and a station device, comprising:

providing a receiver circuit to receive a wireless packet;
providing an decryption circuit to perform a decryption operation upon the wireless packet to generate a decoded packet data;
swapping at least one medium access control address recorded in a medium access control header of the decoded packet data so as to generate a swapped packet data to make the electronic device disguise itself as the access point device or as the station device;
providing an encryption circuit to perform an encryption operation upon the swapped packet data to generate an encrypted wireless packet;
and
using a transmitter circuit to transmit the encrypted wireless packet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electronic device and method used in wireless communication network to extend signal coverage and assist communication stability and reliability

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Electronic device and method used in wireless communication network to extend signal coverage and assist communication stability and reliability

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Abstract

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