Patent ID: 8953574
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for wireless bridging comprising: receiving, at a first network interface of a hybrid device, a first data frame in a first frame format for transmission to a destination device of a hybrid communication network; determining to forward the first data frame via a wireless network interface of the hybrid device based, at least in part, on a hybrid forwarding table associated with a hybrid layer of the hybrid device, wherein the hybrid forwarding table associates the wireless network interface with a destination address of the first data frame; determining to forward the first data frame to a network device of the hybrid communication network based, at least in part, on a wireless forwarding table associated with the wireless network interface, wherein the wireless forwarding table associates a receive interface of the network device with the destination address; and generating a second data frame in accordance with a wireless frame format for transmission to the network device based, at least in part, on the first data frame, the hybrid device, and the network device.