WLAN DEVICE AND METHOD FOR NUMBERING FRAMES WITH SEQUENCE NUMBERS
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1. A wireless local area network (WLAN) device for transmitting data units, comprising:
- a media access control (MAC) layer protocol module for numbering data units with sequence numbers, wherein each data unit comprises a receiver address, and the MAC layer protocol module comprises;
a numbering module for numbering each data unit with a respective sequence number according to the receiver address of the data unit.
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Abstract
A method for numbering a plurality of frames with sequence numbers is implemented in a wireless network device having a plurality of data units, and includes the steps of: providing receiver addresses of the data units; and numbering each data unit with a respective sequence number according to the receiver address of the data unit. A WLAN device employing the method is also disclosed for avoiding denial of service (DoS) attacks and man-in-the-middle attacks.
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1. A wireless local area network (WLAN) device for transmitting data units, comprising:
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a media access control (MAC) layer protocol module for numbering data units with sequence numbers, wherein each data unit comprises a receiver address, and the MAC layer protocol module comprises;
a numbering module for numbering each data unit with a respective sequence number according to the receiver address of the data unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for numbering a plurality of frames with sequence numbers, implemented in a wireless network device having a plurality of data units, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing receiver addresses of the data units; and
numbering each data unit with a respective sequence number according to the receiver address of the data unit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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