Patent ID: 9036531
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for wireless communication in a network comprising a resource-restricted device (ZGPD), at least two proxy devices (ZP 1 , ZP 2 ) and at least one destination device (DD), wherein the method comprises the following steps: the resource-restricted device transmitting a frame to be forwarded to a destination device of the at least one destination device in the network, said frame containing a unique source identifier of the resource-restricted device, at least one proxy device, of the at least two proxy devices, receiving the frame and identifying the frame as originating from the resource-restricted device, the at least one proxy device determining the unique source identifier and deriving a group identifier as a known function of the unique source identifier, the group identifier designating a group source address for a group of the at least two proxy devices in the network, the at least one proxy device constructing, from the frame, an appropriate packet to be forwarded by using the derived group identifier as the source address in the packet, and the at least one proxy device forwarding the packet by taking into account the group identifier.