Wireless relay with selective message repeat and method of operation thereof
First Claim
1. For use in a wireless computer network having a radio relay capable of transmitting messages, a system, operable with said radio relay, for selectively repeating a unicast message received from a source end-station only upon some indication that a destination end-station has not received said message, said system comprising:
- a transceiver that receives said unicast message from said source end-station; and
control circuitry, coupled to said transceiver, that determines whether said destination end-station has received said unicast message by monitoring said transceiver for receipt of an acknowledgment from said destination end-station, said destination end-station refraining from acknowledging said unicast message based on errors contained therein, and causes said transceiver to refrain from repeating said unicast message if said destination end-station has received said unicast message, said radio relay thereby freed from repeating already-received unicast messages.
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Abstract
For use in a wireless computer network having a radio relay capable of transmitting messages, a system and method, operable with the radio relay, for selectively repeating a unicast message received from a source end-station only upon some indication that a destination end-station has not received the message. The system includes: (1) a transceiver that receives the unicast message from the source end-station and (2) control circuitry, coupled to the transceiver, that determines whether the destination end-station has received the unicast message and causes the transceiver to refrain from repeating the unicast message if the destination end-station has received the unicast message, the radio relay thereby freed from repeating already-received unicast messages.
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18 Claims
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1. For use in a wireless computer network having a radio relay capable of transmitting messages, a system, operable with said radio relay, for selectively repeating a unicast message received from a source end-station only upon some indication that a destination end-station has not received said message, said system comprising:
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a transceiver that receives said unicast message from said source end-station; and control circuitry, coupled to said transceiver, that determines whether said destination end-station has received said unicast message by monitoring said transceiver for receipt of an acknowledgment from said destination end-station, said destination end-station refraining from acknowledging said unicast message based on errors contained therein, and causes said transceiver to refrain from repeating said unicast message if said destination end-station has received said unicast message, said radio relay thereby freed from repeating already-received unicast messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. For use in a wireless computer network having a radio relay capable of transmitting messages, a method, operable with said radio relay, of selectively repeating a unicast message received from a source end-station only upon some indication that a destination end-station has not received said message, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving said unicast message from said source end-station; determining whether said destination end-station has received said unicast message by monitoring for receipt of an acknowledgment from said destination end-station, said destination end-station refraining from acknowledging said unicast message based on errors contained therein; and refraining from repeating said unicast message if said destination end-station has received said unicast message, said radio relay thereby freed from repeating already-received unicast messages. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A wireless computer network, comprising:
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a wire-based local area network (LAN) having a server and a backbone; a plurality of bridges coupled to said backbone; and a corresponding plurality of radio relays coupled to said plurality of bridges and capable of transmitting unicast and multicast messages among a plurality of source and destination end-stations, each of said corresponding plurality of radio relays including a system for selectively repeating a unicast message received from a source end-station only upon some indication that a destination end-station has not received said unicast message, said system including; a transceiver that receives said unicast message from said source end-station; and control circuitry, coupled to said transceiver, that determines whether said destination end-station has received said unicast message by monitoring said transceiver for receipt of an acknowledgment from said destination end-station, said destination end-station refraining from acknowledging said unicast message based on errors contained therein, and causes said transceiver to refrain from repeating said unicast message if said destination end-station has received said unicast message, said radio relay thereby freed from repeating already-received unicast messages. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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