TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION AND BEACON GENERATION FOR MESH POINTS OPERATING IN A WIRELESS MESH NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method used by a mesh point, comprising:
- formatting a synchronization capability field of one of a beacon and probe response that includes;
an indication of whether the mesh point supports synchronization (SynchSupp), an indication of whether the mesh point requests synchronization from a peer mesh point (SynchReq), and an indication of whether the mesh point is already synchronized with one or more peers (SynchPeers).
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Abstract
A method is used by a mesh point that includes one or more step of receiving one of a beacon and probe response from an other mesh point; setting a state of whether the mesh point is already synchronized with one or more peers to true and performing a beacon timing synchronization function when the mesh point is in the unsynchronized state and the other mesh point requests synchronization from a peer mesh point; adding an identity of the other mesh point to a database of beacon senders maintained by the mesh point and performing a beacon timing synchronization function when the mesh point and the other mesh point are both synchronized; and providing indications of whether the mesh point supports synchronization, requests synchronization from a peer mesh point, and is already synchronized with one or more peer.
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16 Claims
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1. A method used by a mesh point, comprising:
formatting a synchronization capability field of one of a beacon and probe response that includes;
an indication of whether the mesh point supports synchronization (SynchSupp), an indication of whether the mesh point requests synchronization from a peer mesh point (SynchReq), and an indication of whether the mesh point is already synchronized with one or more peers (SynchPeers). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method used by mesh point that is one of a non-access point mesh point and a lightweight mesh point, comprising:
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receiving one of a beacon and probe response from an other mesh point;
determining whether the mesh point is in an unsynchronized state;
determining from an indicator in the one of the beacon and probe response whether the other mesh point requests synchronization from a peer mesh point (SynchReq);
setting a state of whether the mesh point is already synchronized with one or more peers (SynchPeers) to true and performing a beacon timing synchronization function when the unsynchronized state of the mesh point and the SynchReq of the other mesh point are both true. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method used by a mesh point that is one of a non-access point mesh point and a lightweight mesh point, comprising:
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receiving one of a beacon and probe response from an other mesh point;
determining that the mesh point is in a synchronized state;
determining from one or more indicators in the one of the beacon and probe response whether the other mesh point is synchronized;
adding an identity of the other mesh point to a database of beacon senders maintained by the mesh point and performing a beacon timing synchronization function when the mesh point and the other mesh point are both synchronized. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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