Patent ID: 8681797

Claim:
A method for delivering data packets across an air interface, said method comprising: receiving a data packet at a first physical location on one side of said air interface, said data packet having a destination location bearing a specific LAN address in addition to a network address, said data packet containing said specific LAN address of said destination location; and transmitting said data packet across said air interface without said specific LAN address, said specific LAN address being added at a second physical location to said data packet using at least one look-up table keyed to said specific LAN address, said specific LAN address added at said second physical location being derived at least in part from IP convergence sub-layer (IP-CS) information contained in said data packet and at least in part from information stored at said second physical location for delivering, after said transmitting said data packet across said air interface, said data packet to said destination location, said data packet being received across said air interface at said second physical location, said destination location determined, at least in part, from other information contained within said data packet and at least in part from said information stored at said second physical location, and said specific LAN address being removed from said data packet at said first physical location prior to said transmitting said data packet across said air interface.