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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Silicon Laboratories Finland Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Jere Knaappila, Evitskog, FI;
Riku Mettala, Helsinki, FI;
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories Finland Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, an apparatus and a computer program product are used for device filtering. A packet is received from a device, after which it is determined whether the device is allowed to be responded to, wherein the determination comprises at least one of the following: determining a received signal strength indication from the packet; or determining a time from previous connection of the device; or determining the data in a payload of the packet.