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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
May. 24, 2011
Nils Hakan Fouren, Barcelona, ES;
Juan Carlos Riveiro Insua, Valcencia, ES;
Jose Abad Molina, Rincón de la Victoria, ES;
David Ruiz Lopez, Barcelona, ES;
Nils Hakan Fouren, Barcelona, ES;
Juan Carlos Riveiro Insua, Valcencia, ES;
Jose Abad Molina, Rincón de la Victoria, ES;
David Ruiz Lopez, Barcelona, ES;
BROADCOM CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A communications device includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit includes a wired medium interface circuit that is configured to, in use, communicate data over a wired medium. The second circuit includes a wireless medium interface circuit that is configured to, in use, communicate data over a wireless medium. A destination address controller is included in the first circuit and is operative to determine to which of a plurality of destination addresses at a communications device data is to be communicated from the second circuit. The communications device can have individual visibility of a plurality of destination addresses (e.g. for respective devices) when data is received or transmitted by the wireless medium interface circuit (second circuit).