Mesh WLAN controller, WLAN device and operating method for WLAN provisioning
US10104597B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 5, 2016 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mesh WLAN controller (100) operates in mesh soft-access-point or mesh client modes. When operating in the mesh client mode it performs a mesh network scan, for detecting at least one mesh WLAN BSS (202), send mesh client access requests to mesh WLAN BSSs detected, and, if mesh client access is achieved, provide information indicative to the accessed WLAN BSSs of any other mesh WLAN BSS to which mesh client access is achieved, and if mesh client access is not achieved with any of the detected mesh WLAN BSSs, operate in the mesh soft-access-point mode. Upon receiving an instruction to operate in a mesh bridge-client mode, the controller detects messages from any of the mesh WLAN BSSs (204, 206) with mesh client access, and forwards the received mesh WLAN messages within any other of the mesh WLAN BSSs to which mesh client access has been achieved.
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