公开(公告)号：US5917629A

公开(公告)日：1999-06-29

申请号：US605052

申请日：1990-10-29

申请人： Peter Dirk Hortensius ,  Haaken B. Winbom

发明人： Peter Dirk Hortensius ,  Haaken B. Winbom

IPC分类号： H04L12/28 ,  H04L12/413 ,  H04J14/08

CPC分类号： H04L1/243 ,  H04L1/14 ,  H04L12/413 ,  H04W74/08

摘要： Apparatus and method for interfacing a wired communications network (12) to a wireless communications network (13). Both networks operate with a CSMA protocol. An interface unit (16) includes circuitry (28) for bidirectionally interfacing to the wired medium for transmitting messages thereto and for receiving messages therefrom. The interface unit also includes circuitry (29, 22, 24, 26) for bidirectionally interfacing to the wireless medium for transmitting messages thereto and for receiving messages therefrom. The interface unit further includes logic (28) for bidirectionally routing messages received from the wired medium to the wireless medium and for routing messages received from the wireless medium to the wired medium. A further feature of the interface unit is a collision detector (30), responsive to the reception of a rebroadcast wireless transmission, for comparing the transmitted message to the received rebroadcast message to determine if a collision has occurred.

摘要翻译： 用于将有线通信网络（12）连接到无线通信网络（13）的设备和方法。 两个网络都使用CSMA协议进行操作。 接口单元（16）包括用于双向地连接到有线介质以用于向其发送消息并用于从其接收消息的电路（28）。 接口单元还包括用于双向地连接到无线介质的电路（29,22,24,26），用于向其发送消息并从其接收消息。 接口单元还包括用于将从有线介质接收的消息双向路由到无线介质并用于将从无线介质接收的消息路由到有线介质的逻辑（28）。 接口单元的另一个特征是响应于转播无线传输的接收的冲突检测器（30），用于将发送的消息与所接收的重播消息进行比较，以确定是否发生了冲突。