Patent ID: 9591508
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of transmitting data between different peer-to-peer communication groups, the method comprising: broadcasting a message indicative of a peer-to-peer group owner functionality from an access point, the message including an indication that the access point supports a bridge interface, the message indicating the bridge interface is a Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) RBridge interface, and the indication comprising setting an RBridge-enabled bit in a capability bitmap; instantiating the bridge interface at the access point to transmit data between a first wireless device and a network infrastructure, the first wireless device being a member of a peer-to-peer communication group; filtering peer-to-peer traffic, based on a class of traffic, from a second different wireless device not directly associated with the access point; and routing the peer-to-peer traffic based on the filtering.