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Method, apparatus and system for AP to manage wireless repeater

US9166946B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 14, 2012
Grant dateOct 20, 2015
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/047
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies, disclose a method, an apparatus and a system for an access point (AP) to manage a wireless repeater, and include: receiving an internet protocol (IP) address request message that includes a domain name of a repeater to be managed and that is sent by a management console; parsing the IP address request message to obtain the domain name of the repeater to be managed; obtaining, from a domain name management list, an IP address of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed, where correspondence between an IP address of a repeater and domain name information of the repeater is recorded in the domain name management list; and sending, to the management console, the IP address of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed.

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