ACCESS POINT PROFILE FOR A MESH ACCESS POINT IN A WIRELESS MESH NETWORK
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving in a mesh access point one or more advertisements from one or more potential parent mesh access points of at least one wireless mesh network, each mesh network having a mesh network identifier, each advertisement including the mesh network identifier;
selecting a particular wireless mesh network and a particular parent mesh access point of the particular wireless mesh network, the selecting using one or more parameters stored in an access point profile in the mesh access point;
setting up a physical radio link with a particular parent mesh access point as a child mesh access point;
requesting association with the particular parent mesh access point as a potential child mesh access point of the particular parent mesh access point, the requesting using one or more parameters in the access point profile;
receiving a response to the association request; and
in the case that the received response is positive, using one or more policies stored in the in the access point profile to join the particular wireless mesh network via the particular parent mesh access point.
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Abstract
A mesh access point that includes an access point profile storing one ore more parameters in non-volatile memory, and a method of using the mesh access point having the access point profile to select and carry out mutual authentication on a wireless mesh network to establish itself to the mesh network using information in the access point profile, and further to provide services to wireless clients according to information in the access point profile. Access point profiles can be pre-configured/configured/updated suitably in order to adapt the mesh access point in a mesh network according to its capabilities and requirements.
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31 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving in a mesh access point one or more advertisements from one or more potential parent mesh access points of at least one wireless mesh network, each mesh network having a mesh network identifier, each advertisement including the mesh network identifier; selecting a particular wireless mesh network and a particular parent mesh access point of the particular wireless mesh network, the selecting using one or more parameters stored in an access point profile in the mesh access point; setting up a physical radio link with a particular parent mesh access point as a child mesh access point; requesting association with the particular parent mesh access point as a potential child mesh access point of the particular parent mesh access point, the requesting using one or more parameters in the access point profile; receiving a response to the association request; and in the case that the received response is positive, using one or more policies stored in the in the access point profile to join the particular wireless mesh network via the particular parent mesh access point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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transmitting in a mesh access point of a wireless mesh network one or more beacon frames to advertise the mesh APs capabilities for servicing wireless clients, each advertisement including one or more parameters determined from content stored in an access point profile in the mesh access point; setting up a physical radio link with a particular wireless client as a result of the particular wireless client receiving one of the beacon frames, receiving an association request from the wireless client to become of client of the mesh access point, ascertaining whether or not the wireless client can associate with mesh access point; and sending a response to the association request.
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16. A method comprising:
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transmitting in a mesh access point of a wireless mesh network one or more advertisements, the mesh network having a mesh network identifier, each advertisement including the mesh network identifier and one or more parameters determined from content stored in an access point profile in the mesh access point; setting up a physical radio link with a particular parent child mesh access point as a result of the child mesh access point receiving one of the advertisements; receiving an association request from the particular child mesh access point as a potential child mesh access point of the mesh access point, ascertaining, using one or more parameters stored in the access point profile whether or not the child mesh access point can and should join the mesh network with the mesh access point being the parent mesh access point of the particular child mesh access point; and sending a response to the association request. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one a backhaul radio interface; a control processor coupled to the backhaul radio interface operative with the radio interface to connect to one or more mesh nodes to form a wireless mesh network; a non-volatile memory coupled to or residing in the control processor, and usable by the control processor, the non volatile memory including an access point profile operable to store one or more parameters usable by the processor to authenticate the apparatus in the process of joining a particular mesh network as a mesh access point that is a child mesh access point to a particular parent mesh access point. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. Logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution and when executed operable to:
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receive in a mesh access point one or more advertisements from one or more potential parent mesh access points of at least one wireless mesh network, each mesh network having a mesh network identifier, each advertisement including the mesh network identifier; select a particular wireless mesh network and a particular parent mesh access point of the particular wireless mesh network, the selecting using one or more parameters stored in an access point profile in the mesh access point; set up a physical radio link with a particular parent mesh access point as a child mesh access point; request association with the particular parent mesh access point as a potential child mesh access point of the particular parent mesh access point, the requesting using one or more parameters in the access point profile; receive a response to the association request; and in the case that the received response is positive, use one or more policies stored in the in the access point profile to join the particular wireless mesh network via the particular parent mesh access point. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. An apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a wireless signal transmitted in a wireless mesh; means for processing signals received and operative with the means for receiving to connect to one or more mesh nodes to form a wireless mesh network; and means for storing one or more parameters usable by the means for processing to authenticate the apparatus in the process of joining a particular mesh network as a mesh access point that is a child mesh access point to a particular parent mesh access point.
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