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Method for sending an acknowledgement to an ingress mesh point in a mesh network and a medium access control frame format

  • US 9,019,993 B2
  • Filed: 02/21/2014
  • Issued: 04/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a mesh wireless communication system comprising a plurality of mesh points that are wirelessly linked together such that a data packet sent by a station (STA) is received by an ingress mesh point (IMP) and forwarded to an egress mesh point (EMP) in order to provide a service by the mesh wireless communication system, a method for sending an acknowledgement (ACK) for the data packet to the IMP, comprising:

  • generating a medium access control (MAC) frame for transmission of a data packet, the MAC frame including a field comprising an IMP address and an EMP address;

    forwarding the MAC frame to the EMP via zero or more intermediate mesh point; and

    sending an ACK for successful reception of the data packet to the IMP,wherein a frame control field of the MAC frame indicates that the MAC frame contains the IMP address and the EMP address.

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