METHOD FOR CONFIGURING AND MANAGING ACCESS POINT AND ACCESS CONTROLLER
First Claim
1. A method for configuring an access point AP, employed by an access controller AC, comprising:
- creating at least one virtual radio interface, each of which is assigned a standard Management Information Base MIB interface index, wherein each of the at least one virtual radio interface corresponds to at least one physical radio interface of at least one AP;
determining a physical radio interface to which a virtual radio interface corresponds and sending configuration information on the virtual radio interface to the determined physical radio interface when there is a need to send the configuration information to the physical radio interface.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for configuring and managing access points AP and an access controller AC. The method includes: creating at least one virtual radio interface, each of which is assigned a standard Management Information Base (MIB) interface index, wherein each of the at least one virtual radio interface corresponds to at least one physical radio interface of at least one AP; determining a physical radio interface to which a virtual radio interface corresponds and sending configuration information on the virtual radio interface to the determined physical radio interface when there is a need to send the configuration information to the physical radio interface. By using embodiments of the present invention, a standard MIB can be re-used for operating APs, thereby costs for managing the APs are reduced.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for configuring an access point AP, employed by an access controller AC, comprising:
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creating at least one virtual radio interface, each of which is assigned a standard Management Information Base MIB interface index, wherein each of the at least one virtual radio interface corresponds to at least one physical radio interface of at least one AP; determining a physical radio interface to which a virtual radio interface corresponds and sending configuration information on the virtual radio interface to the determined physical radio interface when there is a need to send the configuration information to the physical radio interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for managing an access point AP, applied to an access controller AC, comprising:
managing a physical radio interface of the AP through a virtual radio interface which is created in advance and corresponds to the physical radio interface, wherein the virtual radio interface is created according to a standard Management Information Base MIB. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An access controller AC, comprising:
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a first module, adapted to create at least one virtual radio interface, each of which is assigned a standard Management Information Base MIB interface index, wherein each of the at least one virtual radio interface corresponds to at least one physical radio interface of at least one AP; a second module, adapted to determine a virtual radio interface to which a physical radio interface correspond and send configuration information on the determined virtual radio interface to the physical radio interface, wherein the configuration information on the determined virtual radio interface is configured according to a standard MIB. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An access controller, which is used in a centralized wireless local area network for controlling at least one access point, comprising:
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a virtual radio interface, corresponding to a physical radio interface of a access point; a configuration module, for receiving management operation on the virtual radio interface and mapping the management operation to operations on the physical radio interface which is corresponding to the virtual radio interface.
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22. An access controller, which is used in a centralized wireless local area network for controlling at least one access point, comprising:
a virtual radio interface, which is used as a network management agent for a physical radio interface.
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23. An access controller, comprising a virtual resource for representing a physical resource of an access point to a network management operation.
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24. A method for managing a fit access point (AP), wherein the fit AP is used in a centralized wireless local area network (WLAN) the WLAN comprises an access controller (AC), and the method comprises:
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receiving a network management operation on a virtual radio interface of the AC via a management channel between the AC and a network administrator, wherein the virtual radio interface is corresponding to a physical radio interface; controlling a physical radio interface to which the virtual radio interface corresponds according to the network management operation on the virtual radio interface via a channel between the AC and the AP.
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