Wireless macro cell overlay
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a first network device, a first frame comprising a first network identifier which is used by the first network device for over-the-air communication on a first channel in a first wireless network, wherein the first network identifier includes a first Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID); and
translating, by the first network device, the first network identifier into a second network identifier based on a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the first network device, wherein the second network identifier including a second Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) which differs from the first BSSID.
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Abstract
Overlaying a Wireless Macro Cell architecture on a Micro Cell network. WLAN MAC Address Translation (WMAT) is used to translate BSSIDs from the BSSID used to initialize a radio in an access node and identify communications between the radio in the access node and a controller, and the BSSID used over the air for Macro Cell operation. WMAT is used for transmit operations, translating the BSSID of outgoing packets to the Macro Cell BSSID prior to wireless transmission. On the receive side, packets undergo WMAT and transmission to the controller if the STN MAC address of the sender is in an ACK table associated with the radio, or the packet is one of a predetermined type. The ACK table is managed by transmit operations, and by control commands from the controller.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a first network device, a first frame comprising a first network identifier which is used by the first network device for over-the-air communication on a first channel in a first wireless network, wherein the first network identifier includes a first Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID); and translating, by the first network device, the first network identifier into a second network identifier based on a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the first network device, wherein the second network identifier including a second Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) which differs from the first BSSID. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 20)
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5. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a first network device, a first frame comprising a first network identifier including a first Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID); and translating, by the first network device, the first network identifier into a second network identifier based on a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the first network device, wherein the second network identifier is received from a second network device and used by the first network device for over-the-air communication on a first channel in a first wireless network, and wherein the second network identifier includes a second Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) that is different from the first BSSID. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A network device comprising:
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a memory; a processor; a receiving mechanism coupled to the processor, the receiving mechanism to receive a first frame comprising a first network identifier which is used by the first network device for over-the-air communication on a first channel in a first wireless network, wherein the first network identifier includes a first Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID); and a translating mechanism coupled to the processor, the translating mechanism to translate the first network identifier into a second network identifier based on a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the first network device, wherein the second network identifier includes a second Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) which differs from the first BSSID. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A network device comprising:
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a memory; a processor; a receiving mechanism coupled to the processor, the receiving mechanism to receive a first frame comprising a first network identifier including a first Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID); and a translating mechanism coupled to the processor, the translating mechanism to translate the first network identifier into a second network identifier based on a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the first network device, wherein the second network identifier is received from a second network device and used by the first network device for over-the-air communication on a first channel in a first wireless network, and wherein the second network identifier includes a second Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) that is different from the first BSSID. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing embedded instructions that are executed by one or more mechanisms implemented within a network device to perform a plurality of operations comprising:
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receiving a first frame comprising a first network identifier being a first Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) that is used by the first network device for over-the-air communication on a first channel in a first wireless network; translating the first BSSID into a second BSSID based on a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the first network device, wherein the second BSSID differs from the first BSSID; substituting the first BSSID for the second BSSID in the first frame to generate a second frame; and transmitting the second frame comprising the second BSSID to a second network device.
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing embedded instructions that are executed by one or more mechanisms implemented within a network device to perform a plurality of operations comprising:
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receiving a first frame comprising a first network identifier, the first network identifier includes a first Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID); translating the first network identifier into a second network identifier based on a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the first network device, wherein the second network identifier is received from a second network device and used by the first network device for over-the-air communication on a first channel in a first wireless network, and wherein the second network identifier includes a second Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) that differs from the first BSSID; substituting the first network identifier for the second BSSID in the first frame to generate a second frame; and transmitting the second frame comprising the second BSSID over the air on the first wireless network on the first channel. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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