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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Google Technology Holdings Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
David E. Halasz, Stow, OH (US);
Apostolis K. Salkintzis, Athens, GR;
Dwight R. Smith, Grapevine, TX (US);
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for transmitting data between different peer-to-peer communication groups are disclosed. A wireless device determines if it is simultaneously connected to a plurality of peer-to-peer communication groups and instantiates a bridge interface at the wireless device (e.g., TRILL RBridge) for communications between each peer-to-peer communication group. The wireless device also determines if it is simultaneously connected to at least one peer-to-peer communication device and an access point. In such an instance, the wireless device determines if the access point also includes a bridge interface. If the access point does not include a bridge interface, the wireless device instantiates/runs the bridge interface at the wireless device for communications between the at least one peer-to-peer communication device and the access point. If the access point does include a bridge interface, the wireless device causes the bridge interface at the access point to be instantiated for communications between the at least one peer-to-peer communication device and the access point.