Method of transmitting and receiving data in network environment with wired and wireless networks bridged using relay portal

• US 7,864,809 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2006
• Issued: 01/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Min-soo, Cho, Song-yean, Kim, Hyeong-seok, Kong, Ji-young
• Primary Examiner(s): Cho; Un C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Eng; George
• Application Number:
  US11/435,901
• Publication Number:
  US 20060265480A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,692 Days
• Field of Search: 370/351, 370/386, 370/492, 370/497, 370/471, 370/501, 370/475, 370/328, 455/13.1, 455/15
• US Class Current: 370/492
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/18 Loop-free operations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/22 using selective relaying for reaching a BTS [Base Transceiver Station] or an access point

Abstract

A method of transmitting and receiving data in a network environment with a wired network and a wireless network bridged using a relay portal is provided. The method includes choosing one of a plurality of portals sharing a wired network and a wireless network as a relay portal, and transmitting a data packet to the wired network by setting an identifier of the relay portal as a prioritized receiver of the data packet.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting and receiving data in a network environment with a wired network and a wireless network bridged using a relay portal, the method comprising:

registering a predetermined device with one of a plurality of portals, each sharing the wired network and the wireless network, as a main portal;

choosing at least one of the plurality of portals as the relay portal for the predetermined device; and

transmitting a data packet to the wired network via the relay portal as a prioritized receiver of the data packet, by setting an identifier of the relay portal;

wherein the choosing the at least one of the plurality of portals as the relay portal comprises broadcasting an update packet, from the relay portal, wherein the update packet has an address of the predetermined device as a source address.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising adding to the data packet an identifier of a destination device which is to receive the data packet.

3. The method of claim 2, if two or more relay portals exist and a first relay portal can transmit data to the destination device, generating a data packet which sets the first relay portal as the prioritized receiver of the data packet.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, if a destination device exists outside the wireless network, the data packet is transmitted through the relay portal to the wired network to which the relay portal is connected.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving from the wired network data transmitted to the wireless network, wherein the data is transmitted from the wired network to the wireless network through the relay portal.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data packet includes an identifier of a destination device as a primary destination address and includes the identifier of the relay portal as a secondary destination address.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless network is based on an IEEE 802.11 standard.

8. A method of transmitting and receiving data in a network environment with a wired network and a wireless network bridged using a relay portal, the method comprising:

receiving, at the relay portal from a predetermined device, a first packet for designating a relay portal;

generating, at the relay portal, an update packet having the address of the predetermined device as a source address;

transmitting the update packet from the relay portal using a broadcast method; and

receiving, at the relay portal, a second packet from the predetermined device and transmitting the second packet from the relay portal to the wired network if a destination device of the second packet does not exist in the wireless network.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising the relay portal adding to the second packet an identifier of the destination device which is to receive the data packet and the identifier of the relay portal.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the wireless network is based on an IEEE 802.11 standard.

11. A method of transmitting and receiving data of a wireless device connected to a wireless network, comprising:

the wireless device receiving a data packet which indicates an existence of the wireless network;

the wireless device analyzing the received data packet and connecting to the wireless network;

registering identifying information of the wireless device at a main portal which is connected to the wireless network and a wired network; and

the wireless device designating one of a plurality of portals, each connected to the wireless network and a wired network, as a relay portal;

wherein the relay portal broadcasts an update packet having an address of the wireless device as a source address.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the identifying information of the wireless device comprises a media access control (MAC) address of the wireless device.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein if the wireless device is an access point, said method further comprises registering identifying information of a secondary wireless device which exists in a basic service set (BSS) controlled by the access point, at the main portal.