Method For Network Merging And Configuration Sharing And Associated Apparatus
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- establishing, by a first communication device, a communication link with a second communication device to connect to the second communication device, the first communication device associated with a first weight, a first group identifier, or both, the second communication device associated with a second weight, a second group identifier, or both;
determining, by the first communication device, whether the first group identifier and the second group identifier are identical;
responsive to a determination that the first group identifier and the second group identifier are identical, comparing, by the first communication device, the first weight and the second weight; and
responsive to the comparing, adopting, by the first communication device, a configuration of the second communication device by receiving data related to the configuration of the second communication device from the second communication device.
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Abstract
Each independent repeater network may be associated with a respective network weight and a respective group identifier. When two repeater networks with the same group identifier merge, configuration may flow from the network with a higher network weight to the network with a lower network weight. When two repeater networks with different group identifiers merge, configuration may flow from the connecting host interface of a repeater of one of the networks to the connecting client interface of a repeater of the other network. In cases of simultaneous connection between two networks, group identifier change may take precedence over configuration update caused by the merging of the two networks.
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22 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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establishing, by a first communication device, a communication link with a second communication device to connect to the second communication device, the first communication device associated with a first weight, a first group identifier, or both, the second communication device associated with a second weight, a second group identifier, or both; determining, by the first communication device, whether the first group identifier and the second group identifier are identical; responsive to a determination that the first group identifier and the second group identifier are identical, comparing, by the first communication device, the first weight and the second weight; and responsive to the comparing, adopting, by the first communication device, a configuration of the second communication device by receiving data related to the configuration of the second communication device from the second communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method, comprising:
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scanning, by a first communication device, wireless communication channels to identify one or more other communication devices; responsive to identifying a second communication device which communicates on a channel different from a channel on which the first communication device communicates, establishing, by the first communication device, a communication link with the second communication device to connect to the second communication device; and adopting, by the first communication device, a configuration of the second communication device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. An apparatus implementable in a first communication device, comprising:
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a memory configured to store one or more sets of instructions; and a processor coupled to access the memory to execute the one or more instructions and, upon executing the one or more sets of instructions, the processor is configured to perform operations comprising; establishing a communication link with a second communication device of the plurality of communication devices to connect to the second communication device, with the first communication device associated with a first weight, a first group identifier, or both, and with the second communication device associated with a second weight, a second group identifier, or both; determining whether the first group identifier and the second group identifier are identical; responsive to a determination that the first group identifier and the second group identifier are identical, determining which of the first weight and the second weight is higher; and performing one or more of; responsive to a determination that the second weight is higher than the first weight, adopting a configuration of the second communication device by receiving data related to the configuration of the second communication device from the second communication device; responsive to a determination that the first weight is higher than the second weight, transmitting data related to a configuration of the first communication device to the second communication device such that the second communication device adopts the configuration of the first communication device;
orresponsive to a determination that the second communication device is not associated with any group identifier, transmitting the data related to the configuration of the first communication device to the second communication device such that the second communication device adopts the first group identifier and the configuration of the first communication device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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