Apparatus and method for registering wireless terminals with access point through wireless network
First Claim
1. A method for rebuilding a wireless terminal address resolution protocol table of an access point using a wireless network, the method comprising the steps of:
- when the access point is restarted, transmitting a restart generation notification message as broadcast data to wireless terminals over the wireless network; and
rebuilding the address resolution protocol table using address resolution protocol registration information transmitted from at least one wireless terminal which receives the restart generation notification message and belongs to a service area of the access point.
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Abstract
In the method and apparatus for registering wireless terminals with an access point (AP) through a wireless network according to the present invention, there is no need for a re-registration procedure for terminals because, when the AP is restarted, the AP informs wireless terminals registered in its service area of the restart of the AP so as to allow each of the terminals to perform its own location registration. In addition, total update is possible, this method being in contrast to methods in which notification of a restart of the AP is carried out in a one-to-one manner using the broadcast data. As a result, efficiency in time and in the overall network is achieved by the invention. The AP can easily restore the address resolution protocol (ARP) table that has been cleared by the restart process because the terminals send the ARP table themselves, thereby providing for stabilized service.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for rebuilding a wireless terminal address resolution protocol table of an access point using a wireless network, the method comprising the steps of:
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when the access point is restarted, transmitting a restart generation notification message as broadcast data to wireless terminals over the wireless network; and
rebuilding the address resolution protocol table using address resolution protocol registration information transmitted from at least one wireless terminal which receives the restart generation notification message and belongs to a service area of the access point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for detecting a restart of an access point using a wireless network, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a restart generation notification message transmitted as broadcast data from the access point over the wireless network;
comparing medium access control information of the access point contained in the received restart generation notification message to medium access control information held by a wireless terminal and corresponding to an access point to which the wireless terminal belongs; and
performing a scanning operation for address resolution protocol registration with the access point using the wireless network when the medium access control information transmitted from the access point and the medium access control information held by the wireless terminal match each other as a result of the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for rebuilding a wireless terminal address resolution protocol (ARP) table of an access point using a wireless network, the method comprising the steps of:
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when the access point is restarted, transmitting a restart generation notification message as broadcast data to wireless terminals over the wireless network;
receiving, at a wireless terminal, the restart generation notification message transmitted as broadcast data from the access point over the wireless network, and comparing medium access control information of the access point included in the received restart generation notification message to medium access control information held by the wireless terminal and corresponding to an access point to which the wireless terminal belongs;
transmitting registration information for ARP registration from the wireless terminal to the access point over the wireless network when the medium access control information transmitted from the access point and the medium access control information held by the wireless terminal match each other as a result of the comparison; and
building the address resolution protocol table for at least one wireless terminal belonging to a service area of the access point based on the registration information from the wireless terminal to the access point. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for rebuilding a wireless terminal address resolution protocol table of an access point using a wireless network, said apparatus comprising:
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a data generator for generating broadcast data in response to a provided data generation control signal when the access point is restarted, the broadcast data containing a restart generation notification message of the access point;
a transceiver for transmitting the broadcast data to wireless terminals over the wireless network, the broadcast data containing the restart generation notification message generated by said data generator, and for receiving terminal registration information transmitted from at least one wireless terminal which receives the restart generation notification message and belongs to a service, area of the access point; and
a controller for building the address resolution protocol table using the terminal registration information for the wireless terminals received via said transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. In a wireless terminal connected to an access point over a wireless network, an apparatus for detecting a restart of the access point, said apparatus comprising:
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a controller for receiving a restart generation notification message transmitted as broadcast data from the access point over the wireless network, and responsive thereto for comparing and analyzing medium access control information of the access point contained in the received restart generation notification message to medium access control information of the access point reserved by said controller; and
a transceiver for receiving the restart generation notification message transmitted as the broadcast data from the access point, and for transmitting terminal registration information for address resolution protocol registration to the access point over the wireless network when the medium access control information received from the access point and the medium access control information reserved by said controller match each other as a result of the comparing of the medium access control information by said controller. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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