Enhanced mobility and address resolution in a wireless premises based network
First Claim
1. A premises based wireless network providing wireless communication within a premises, the wireless network comprising:
- a wired network operating according to a wired network protocol, the wired network having a first network segment and a second network segment;
a first wireless access point connected to the first network segment;
a second wireless access point connected to the second network segment;
a wireless terminal having a wired network protocol address respective to the first wireless access point; and
a protocol tunnel that routes communications from the first wireless access point to the second wireless access point across the wired network when the wireless terminal is in communication with the second wireless access point.
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Abstract
A premises based wireless network having a multi-segment wired network and a plurality of wireless access points connected to the wired network. The wired network operates according to a wired network protocol which may be the Internet Protocol. Wireless terminals communicate with the wireless access points according to a wireless network protocol. Communications occur on the wired network according to the wired network protocol. Each of the wireless terminals has a wired network address corresponding to one of the wireless access points. The protocol tunnels route communications intended for roaming devices between access points, thereby preserving communications while roaming by allowing the wireless terminals to retain their wired network addresses during ongoing communications. An address resolution packet proxy server presents flooding of the wireless network with address resolution packets. The address resolution packet proxy server may act as a full proxy for wireless terminals connected to a respective wireless access point thereby relieving the wireless terminal from responding to address resolution packet requests. The address resolution packet server may also operate as a partial proxy, filtering requests sent to corresponding wireless terminals. An augmenting agent provides enhanced services within a wireless network device by enhancing operation of drivers and protocol operators. The augmenting agent may be either a shim or monitoring agent that monitors communications between the protocol operator and the drivers. When required, the augmenting agent participates to alter operations to provide enhanced services. The enhanced services include encypherment/encryption, device authentication, global network configuration, diagnostics such as loop-back testing, signal strength feedback, wireless retry counts, network route tracing, network management, solving out-of-sequence packet race conditions and filtering and flooding restriction operation.
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26 Claims
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1. A premises based wireless network providing wireless communication within a premises, the wireless network comprising:
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a wired network operating according to a wired network protocol, the wired network having a first network segment and a second network segment;
a first wireless access point connected to the first network segment;
a second wireless access point connected to the second network segment;
a wireless terminal having a wired network protocol address respective to the first wireless access point; and
a protocol tunnel that routes communications from the first wireless access point to the second wireless access point across the wired network when the wireless terminal is in communication with the second wireless access point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A premises based wireless network providing wireless communication within a premises, the wireless network comprising:
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a wired network operating according to a wired network protocol;
a plurality of wireless access points connected to the wired network;
a plurality of wireless terminals operating within the premises, each of the plurality of wireless terminals in communication with at least one access point of the plurality of access points; and
at least one of the plurality of wireless access points including a proxy address resolution packet server that responds to address resolution packets for at least one of the wireless terminals. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A wireless device for operating within a premises based wireless network, the wireless device comprising:
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a radio interface that provides wireless communication capability;
conventional circuitry coupled to the radio interface that provides conventional processing functions;
at least one driver coordinating communications at a lower protocol level;
at least one protocol operator coordinating communications at a higher protocol level; and
an augmenting agent that coordinates operation of the at least one driver and the at least one protocol operator to support enhanced operations. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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