Creating packet flows to reduce redundancy
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsThomas A. Tetzlaff, Minyoung Park, Emily Qi
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Abstract
A System and method for creation and transport of flows. The method includes transmitting an ADDFLOW request to a receiver to add the flow to the wireless network. The method also includes receiving a response message indicating that the flow will be added to the wireless network and delivering the flow to the wireless network. A given flow may be uniquely identified by the concatenation of a flow ID and a flow address. The flow address will always be either the transmitter's or receiver's MAC address. This method could be extended to compress any bit sequences that take on only a limited set of values.
Claims21
A method to reduce redundancy for a flow in a wireless network, comprising:
- enabling a receiver having a transceiver operable in the wireless network to send back a response frame for the flow to a transmitter in communication with the receiver by defining a new response type to reply to an ADDFLOW request received from the transmitter, wherein the new response type contains at least one field selected from a group consisting of flow ID and flow address;
- wherein the response frame includes a field to indicate that the ADDFLOW request from the transmitter is to be accepted or declined by the receiver;
- reserving one flow ID specifically for beacon flows;
- wherein the ADDFLOW request comprises a flow ID (FID) suggestion present or not (p/n) field to indicate that the receiver is allowed to choose the flow ID;
- wherein the flow includes a plurality of frames having common bit sequences.
A system to communicate using flows in a wireless network, comprising:
- a transmitter adapted for communication with a receiver in the wireless network, said receiver including a transceiver adapted to send back a response frame for a flow in said wireless network by enabling said receiver to send back acknowledgements to different transmitters in communication with said receiver by defining a new response type to reply to an ADDFLOW request received for multiple transmitters, wherein the new response type contains at least one field selected from a group consisting of flow ID and flow address;
- wherein the response frame includes a field to indicate that the ADDFLOW request from the transmitter is to be accepted or declined by the receiver;
- wherein the ADDFLOW request comprises a flow ID (FID) suggestion present or not (p/n) field to indicate that the receiver is allowed to choose the flow ID;
- wherein one flow ID is specifically reserved for beacon flows;
- wherein the flow includes a plurality of frames having common bit sequences.
A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with computer executable instructions, which when accessed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
- enabling a receiver operable in the wireless network to send back a response frame for a flow to a transmitter in communication with the receiver by defining a new response type to reply to an ADDFLOW request received from the transmitter, wherein the new response type contains at least one field selected from a group consisting of flow ID, or flow address;
- reserving one flow ID specifically for beacon flows;
- wherein the response frame includes a field to indicate that the ADDFLOW request from the transmitter is to be accepted or declined by the receiver;
- wherein the ADDFLOW request comprises a flow ID (FID) suggestion present or not (p/n) field to indicate that the receiver is allowed to choose the flow ID;
- wherein the flow includes a plurality of frames having common bit sequences.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.