Patent ID: 9172642
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication method for performing transmission and reception in a wireless communication apparatus while relaying a packet of wirelessly transmitted data, the method comprising: identifying a Media Access Control (MAC) header of the received packet, the MAC header including a destination MAC address, a source MAC address, and security information including the destination MAC address and the source MAC address encrypted with a key common to the wireless communication apparatus and a source of the received packet; decrypting the security information of the MAC header using the common key and comparing the decrypted security information to the destination MAC address and the source MAC address included in the MAC header to determine whether the received packet is to be processed; in response to a determination that the received packet is to be processed, determining a destination of the received data based only on the recognized MAC header; recognizing a next transmission destination by looking up a table, if the determined destination is not the wireless communication apparatus; determining a packet to be relayed based on the recognition of said MAC header and the recognition of said transmission destination; selecting a packet to be transmitted among packets to be transmitted by an application of the wireless communication apparatus and the determined packet to be relayed; and transmitting the selected packet.