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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Leonardo Estevez, Rowlett, TX (US);
Avraham Baum, Giva't Shmuel, IS;
Benzy Gabay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/00 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a mesh network is disclosed (FIG.). The method includes receiving a data frame () having a header with plural addresses (FIG.) and determining that the data frame is not from an access point or a leaf node () of the mesh network. A next recipient address of the plural addresses is removed () when the next recipient is a final destination. The next recipient address is set () when the next recipient of the data frame is not a final destination. The data frame is transmitted () to the next recipient.