METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING WIRELESS NETWORK DEVICES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS
First Claim
1. An apparatus to maintain a wireless network, comprising:
- an input/output (IO) interface to receive notification of a maintenance package; and
a controller, coupled to the IO interface, to communicate with the wireless access points in response to the notification to;
in a first phase, trigger each of the wireless access points that reaches a state of having no wireless associations to suspend accepting requests for wireless associations and install the maintenance package; and
in a second phase, trigger each of the wireless access points not having the maintenance package installed after a time period to install the maintenance package.
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Abstract
An apparatus for maintaining a wireless network includes an input/output interface (IO) to receive notification of a maintenance package and to communicate with wireless access points of the wireless network, and a controller to communicate with the wireless access points in response to the notification. In a first phase, the controller triggers each of the wireless access points that reaches a state of having no wireless associations to suspend accepting requests for wireless associations and install the maintenance package. In a second phase, the controller triggers each of the wireless access points not having the maintenance package installed after a time period to install the maintenance package.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus to maintain a wireless network, comprising:
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an input/output (IO) interface to receive notification of a maintenance package; and a controller, coupled to the IO interface, to communicate with the wireless access points in response to the notification to; in a first phase, trigger each of the wireless access points that reaches a state of having no wireless associations to suspend accepting requests for wireless associations and install the maintenance package; and in a second phase, trigger each of the wireless access points not having the maintenance package installed after a time period to install the maintenance package. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus to maintain a wireless network, comprising:
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an input/output (IO) interface to receive notification of a maintenance package and to communicate with wireless access points of the wireless network to receive radio frequency (RF) neighborhood data; and a controller, coupled to the IO interface, to communicate with the wireless access points in response to the notification and the RF neighborhood data to; identify a common area served by a group of the wireless access points based on the RF neighborhood data; and trigger installation of the maintenance package on each wireless access point in the group during a time period such that at least one wireless access point in the group serves the common area throughout the time period. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of maintaining a wireless network, comprising:
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receiving notification of a maintenance package at a wireless controller of the wireless network that controls wireless access points; triggering, in a first phase, each of the wireless access points that reaches a state of having no wireless associations to suspend accepting requests for wireless associations and install the maintenance package; and triggering, in a second phase, each of the wireless access points not having the maintenance package installed after a time period to install the maintenance package. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of maintaining a wireless network, comprising:
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receiving notification of a maintenance package at a wireless controller of the wireless network; receiving radio frequency (RF) neighborhood data from wireless access points under control of the wireless controller in the wireless network; identifying a common area served by a group of the wireless access points based on the RF neighborhood data; and triggering installation of the maintenance package on each wireless access point in the group during a time period such that at least one wireless access point in the group serves the common area throughout the time period. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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