Patent ID: 8520565

Claim:
A management packet routing apparatus for a radio bridge comprising first and second radio frequency transceivers for modulating digital data packets onto radio frequency carriers, each having an inner loop packet network port coupled to the other transceiver by a network link, said first transceiver having an outer loop output port, and further comprising: A) means in said first transceiver for receiving payload packets, broadcast management packets (hereafter just broadcast packets) and unicast management packets (hereafter just unicast packets) at a network input port of said first transceiver, and forwarding all said packets to a central circuit of said first transceiver; B) means in said first transceiver for recognizing broadcast packets and unicast packets having a predetermined number as part of their destination MAC address, and routing said broadcast packets and said unicast packets having a predetermined number as part of their destination MAC address to said inner loop packet network port of said first transceiver; C) central circuit means in said first transceiver for receiving and processing all broadcast packets and all unicast packets addressed to a destination MAC address of said first transceiver and for forwarding all packets except packets addressed to said first transceiver toward said outer loop output port.