IP Library Granted Patent US 9,407,453
Granted Patent B2
US 9,407,453 · App. 13/557,217 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Method of medium access control type detection

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Patent No.
US 9,407,453
App. No.
13/557,217
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of medium access control (MAC) type detection for a communication device compatible of a plurality of media each conformed to a communication standard in a network system is disclosed. The method comprises generating a library, wherein the library includes at least a character for each medium, configuring a MAC layer of the communication device according to the library, and determining the existence of a medium according to the configuration result.

Claims (14)

1. A method of medium access control (MAC) type detection for a communication device compatible of a plurality of media each conformed to a communication standard in a network system, the method comprising:

generating a library including at least a character for each medium, wherein the step of generating the library comprises:

extracting at least one dedicated character corresponding to a medium based on a communication standard; and

including the at least one dedicated character in the library;

configuring a MAC layer of the communication device with a first parameter generated according to a first character of a first medium in the library;

determining the existence of the first medium according to the configuration result comprising determining whether configuration with the first parameter is successful; and

configuring the MAC layer with a second parameter generated according to a second character of the first medium in the library when it was determined that the configuration with the first parameter fails.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the existence of the first medium according to the configuration result further comprises:

determining the first medium exists when the configuration with the first parameter is successful.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the step of determining the existence of the first medium according to the configuration result comprises:

determining the first medium exists when the configuration with the second parameter is successful.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication standards comprises IEEE 1901, IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.3, and Multimedia over Coax Alliance.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media include Ethernet, WiFi, PLC and MoCA.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the characters include SSID, speed/duplex, NPW and password.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 28, 2021
From: ECONET (SUZHOU) LIMITED
To: AIROHA TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 055744/0810 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2014
From: MEDIATEK INC.
To: ECONET (SUZHOU) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 034382/0480 →
MERGER (RESUBMISSION OF THE MISSING MERGER DOCUMENTS FOR RESPONSE TO DOC ID:502887510) EFFECTIVE DATE:04/01/2014. WE ATTACHED THE MERGER DOCUMENTS ON JULY 11,2014. PLEASE REVIEW THE FILES AND REVISE THE DATE OF RECORDATION AS JULY 11, 2014. Recorded Jul 11, 2014
From: RALINK TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: MEDIATEK INC.
Reel/Frame 033471/0181 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2012
From: YEN, CHIA-WEI; MAO, JIAN-LI
To: RALINK TECHNOLOGY CORP.
Reel/Frame 028629/0317 →