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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2007
Luis Aldaz, San Jose, CA (US);
Luis Aldaz, Sr., Legal Representative, Tarragona, ES;
Kaushik Barman, Hyderabad, IN;
Allan A. Johnson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Raghavendra Malladi, Hyderabad, IN;
Luis Aldaz, San Jose, CA (US);
Luis Aldaz, Sr., legal representative, Tarragona, ES;
Kaushik Barman, Hyderabad, IN;
Allan A. Johnson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Raghavendra Malladi, Hyderabad, IN;
Hellosoft, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Hardware-based beacon processing. A hardware-centric medium access control (MAC) device includes a packet receiver and a beacon processor. The packet receiver receives a plurality of packets comprising at least one beacon packet. The beacon processor receives packets of the plurality of packets and filters out unwanted packets of the plurality of packets without requiring the use of other components of the hardware-centric MAC device and without requiring the use of a microprocessor.