Patent ID: 9635144
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for implementing an inter-PAL processing scheme, comprising: generating, with a processor, a data packet according to a first protocol adaptation layer (PAL) as a first PAL generated data packet; processing the first PAL generated data packet to add header information for a second PAL data packet; encapsulating the first PAL generated data packet as a payload for the second PAL data packet; adding identifying information to the processed and encapsulated first PAL generated data packet to identify the first PAL generated data packet in the second PAL data packet as a pass-through first PAL generated data packet prior to transmitting; transmitting the pass-through first PAL generated data packet as a second PAL data packet using a transmitter that supports the second PAL, wherein the transmitter includes one or more PAL related radios that are based on the individual MAC/PHY layers with which the separate PALs are associated; receiving the transmitted second PAL data packet having the pass-through first PAL generated data packet with a receiver that supports the second PAL; removing the second PAL header data from the transmitted second PAL data packet to retrieve the encapsulated first PAL generated data packet; delivering the encapsulated first PAL generated data packet to a first PAL receiver; wherein the encapsulated first PAL generated data packet being delivered to the first PAL receiver is unchanged from the first PAL generated data packet; wherein the first and second PALs being different individual PALs associated with different MAC/PHY layers.