| 摘要 |
Method and apparatus for enhanced WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) wireless access point (AP) bandwidth via use of a WLAN mailbox. A WLAN mailbox is implemented in an integrated circuit employed by the wireless AP that is coupled to a WLAN sub-system including a WLAN controller and WLAN radio hardware for facilitating communication with WLAN stations. Packets received from a network via an Ethernet link are written by an Ethernet controller to memory blocks in the WLAN mailbox, and henceforth are forwarded to the WLAN sub-system for subsequent WLAN transmission. Packets received by the WLAN sub-system are written by a communications interface to memory blocks in the WLAN mailbox and forwarded to the Ethernet controller for transmission to a destined network. In some embodiments, MAC (Media Access Control) headers are translated between Ethernet- and WLAN-based protocols by corresponding embedded hardware in the WLAN mailbox.
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