Patent ID: 7724763
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A controller comprising: a media access controller configured to transmit a first group message via a first multicast transmission to a first group of one or more remote devices operating in accordance with a first protocol and to transmit a second group message via a second multicast transmission to a second group of one or more remote devices operating in accordance with a second protocol, the first and second group messages assigning one or more time slots on the same logical uplink channel during which the respective first and second groups of one or more remote devices may transmit information to the controller; and a protocol processor configured to distinguish between transmissions from the first group of one or more remote devices and transmissions from the second group of one or more remote devices based on the time slot assignments, the protocol processor further configured to route the transmissions from the first group of one or more remote devices to a first processor operating in accordance with the first protocol and to route the transmissions from the second group of one or more remote devices to a second processor operating in accordance with the second protocol.