METHOD FOR PRESERVING WIRELESS RESOURCES IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK
摘要
In one embodiment of the present invention, an access point (111) receives a multicast packet intended for a particular multicast group. Upon receipt, the access point only rebroadcast the multicast packet over a wireless segment if it determines that there is at least one wireless subscriber unit (131) belonging to the particular multicast group and associated with the access point that did not originate the multicast packet. Optionally, if the multicast packet signals an automatic rebroadcast of the multicast packet over the wireless segment, the access point automatically rebroadcasts the multicast packet without determining whether there is at least one wireless subscriber unit belonging to the particular multicast group and associated with the access point that did not originate the multicast packet.
申请公布号
WO2005076817(A2)
申请公布日期
2005.08.25
申请号
WO2005US02447
申请日期
2005.01.27
申请人
MOTOROLA, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE;PHILLIPS, JOSEPH, E.;DERANGO, MARIO, F.;EKL, RANDY, L.;RETZER, MICHAEL, H.
发明人
PHILLIPS, JOSEPH, E.;DERANGO, MARIO, F.;EKL, RANDY, L.;RETZER, MICHAEL, H.