Methods and systems for interfacing wired/wireless hybrid systems
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1. A method for communicating, comprising:
- receiving a first segment from a wired network; and
transmitting one or more second segments over a wireless link, wherein the one or more second segments contain data from the first segment, and wherein the size of at least one of the second segments is based on a status condition.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided to manage communications in networks having wired and wireless portions. By determining the optimum segment size for a wireless link based on various status conditions such as bit-error rates, data throughput across the wireless link can be improved. Accordingly, data received from a wired network can be repackaged using the desired segment size before being transmitted over the wireless link. Similarly, optimum-sized segments can be received from the wireless link and the data in the received segments can be passed to the wired network.
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1. A method for communicating, comprising:
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receiving a first segment from a wired network; and
transmitting one or more second segments over a wireless link, wherein the one or more second segments contain data from the first segment, and wherein the size of at least one of the second segments is based on a status condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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16. An apparatus for communicating between a wired network and a wireless link, comprising:
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a second interface coupled to the wireless link, wherein the second device communicates using wireless segments; and
a segment controller that controls the size of at least one wireless segment based on a status condition.
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30. A method for communicating between a first network and a second network, comprising:
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receiving first data from the first network; and
transforming the first data into second data having a second format, wherein the second format is based on a status condition of the second network. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44)
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37. An apparatus for communicating between a first network and a second network, comprising:
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a first interface that receive first data from the first network; and
a reformatting device that transforms the first data into second data having a second format, wherein the second format is based on a status condition of the second network.
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42. The apparatus of 41, further comprising an acknowledgment device that receives an acknowledgment from the receiving device.
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