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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:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/189 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04W 72/005 (2013.01); H04W 72/0406 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a node of a network is disclosed. The method includes receiving a data frame having a header with plural addresses. The node determines if a first address of the plural addresses is an address of a descendant of the node and if a second address of the plural addresses is a parent address of the node. If so, the node changes a second address of the plural addresses to its own address in response to the step of determining. The node then transmits the data frame to at least one descendant of the node.