MAC header based traffic classification and methods for use therewith

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A communication device, comprising:
at least one transceiver to support communications with at least one additional communication device; and a processor, coupled to the at least one transceiver, to:
establish a filter and classification agreement between the communication device and the at least one additional communication device via the communications, the filter and classification agreement indicating MAC frames of at least one of a plurality of frame types to be filtered out and not transmitted to the at least one additional communication device and further that a type classifier (TCLAS) element of a traffic filtering service request element of a MAC frame header contains classification data;classify a MAC frame in accordance with the filter and classification agreement as one of the plurality of frame types based on the classification data indicated by the TCLAS element and further based on at least a portion of a frame body portion of the MAC frame containing a data payload; andselectively filter out and not transmit the MAC frame to the at least one additional communication device, based on the one of the plurality of frame types in accordance with the filter and classification agreement between the communication device and the at least one additional communication device.