System and method for onboarding in a Wi-Fi mesh network
US11050631B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 20, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network device is onboarded to a Wi-Fi local area network (WLAN) including a WLAN router and a mobile device. An optical symbol displayed on the network device is scanned by the mobile device and used to obtain an onboarding network credential mapped to data encoded in the optical symbol. The onboarding network credential is provided to the WLAN router, which creates an onboarding Wi-Fi network based upon the onboarding network credential. A provisioning parameter is wirelessly conveyed to the network device via the onboarding Wi-Fi network, where the network device was pre-configured to communicate via the onboarding Wi-Fi network.
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