Driverless wireless module
AssigneeGlobal Telecom, Corp
InventorAhmad Issam Malkawi
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Abstract
A module having at least a processor, memory and a wireless communication capability communicates with a host computing device that does not include a network device driver and is not able to directly access the network. The module provides wireless network access to the host computing device that does not include a network device driver. The module interfaces internally with the host computing device and utilizes a data frame communication protocol, such as an Ethernet protocol, to pass network data to the host computing device that was received from the network and to receive network data from the host computing device for transmission to the network.
Claims20
A method to communicate network data associated with a network with a host device that does not include a network driver, the host device unable to communicate with the network without the network driver, the method comprising:
- receiving a radio frequency signal with a module, the radio frequency signal including network data for a host device that does not include a network driver, the host device unable to communicate with the network without the network driver;
- processing, with the module, the radio frequency signal to generate baseband data that includes the network data;
- removing from the baseband data overhead data that refers to a communication protocol associated with the network;
- adding, with the module, informational data to the baseband data to form host data, the informational data associated with one or more of the RF signal and the network;
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- sending, with the module, the host data over an interface to the host device using an Ethernet protocol, the host data including the network data.
A module to communicate network data associated with a network with a host device that does not include a network driver, the host device unable to communicate with the network without the network driver, the module comprising:
- an antenna configured to receive and transmit a radio frequency signals, the radio frequency signals including network data for a host device that does not include a network driver, the host device unable to communicate with the network without the network driver;
- signal processing circuitry configured to process a received radio frequency signal to generate baseband data that includes the network data;
- a processor and associated memory that stores instructions to be executed by the processor to remove from the baseband data overhead data that refers to a communication protocol associated with the network and to add informational data to the baseband data to form host data, the informational data associated with one or more of the RF signal and the network;
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- an interface configured to send the host data to the host device using an Ethernet protocol, the host data including the network data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.