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Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2018
Applicant:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Jørgen Franck, Bagsværd, DK;

Jakob Buron, Søborg, DK;

Anders Lynge Esbensen, Copenhagen, DK;

Mohammad Sadegh Mohammadi, Lyngby, DK;

Anders T. Brandt, Søborg, DK;

Assignee:

Silicon Laboratories, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04L 12/189 (2013.01); H04L 12/185 (2013.01); H04L 12/1854 (2013.01); H04L 12/1872 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for transmitting packets to a plurality of network devices that cannot be accessed via a single hop. The system includes a source, which issues a multicast message to those network devices in close proximity, and also transmits an encapsulated multicast message to a distribution node. This encapsulated multicast message may be routed using traditional routing protocols. The distribution node then transmits the multicast message to those network devices within close proximity. The distribution node may also have the ability to transmit singlecast messages to those network devices, if necessary, to perform retries.


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