Patent ID: 8948202
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G09G,H04L,H04N,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting a packet in a high definition base transmission (hereinafter referred to as HDBaseT) system, the method comprising: receiving, at a transmission adaptor, data from a source device; converting, by the transmission adaptor, the received data to the packet in order to transmit the packet to a reception adaptor through an HDBaseT network; and transmitting the packet to the reception adaptor, wherein the packet includes a four level hierarchical identifier for identifying HDBaseT entities to which the packet is to be transmitted, and wherein the four level hierarchical identifier includes a device medium access control (MAC) address field for identifying a device management entity of an HDBaseT device, a port identifier field for identifying a port device associated with the HDBaseT device, an HDBaseT group (T group) identifier field for identifying a T group associated with the port device, and a type mask field for identifying one or more HDBaseT adaptors (T adaptors) associated with the T group.