Patent ID: 9385773
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A communication circuitry included in a wireless device, comprising: a transceiver comprising a media access control layer and including a first interface and a second interface; and an application processor including a network stack in communication with the media access control layer; a device driver configured to create a traffic tunnel at the media access control layer within the transceiver, the device driver configured to receive control information from an application, the control information providing a per packet filter criteria for determination, by the device driver based on the per packet filter criteria, whether to route a communication packet from the first interface to the second interface or from the second interface to the first interface, through the traffic tunnel; wherein the communication packet is routed from the first interface to the second interface, or from the second interface to the first interface within the traffic tunnel created at the media access control layer to exclude the communication packet from being processed by the network stack.