WLAN HOME NETWORKING WITH MULTI-ROOM DVR DIRECT LINK

摘要

A method includes operating a communication system (20) that includes a wireless access point (AP—24) and multiple wireless stations (STAs—28), including at least a first STA that is connected to a first endpoint (36) and a second STA that is connected to a second endpoint (36). A communication packet is transferred from the first endpoint to the second endpoint by transmitting the packet from the first STA to the second STA, not via the AP, using an addressing scheme that specifies in the packet respective layer-2 addresses of the first and second STAs but not of the first and second endpoints. In the second STA, the layer-2 address of the second endpoint is resolved, the resolved layer-2 address is inserted into the packet and the packet is forwarded to the second endpoint using the inserted layer-2 address.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
operating a communication system that comprises a wireless access point (AP) and multiple wireless stations (STAs), including at least a first STA that is connected to a first endpoint and a second STA that is connected to a second endpoint; transferring a communication packet from the first endpoint to the second endpoint by transmitting the packet from the first STA to the second STA, not via the AP, using an addressing scheme that specifies in the packet respective layer-2 addresses of the first and second STAs but not of the first and second endpoints; and in the second STA, resolving the layer-2 address of the second endpoint, inserting the resolved layer-2 address into the packet and forwarding the packet to the second endpoint using the inserted layer-2 address.