Setting network identifier in wireless local area network
First Claim
1. A method of automatically setting a network identifier of a wireless network which is newly added to one or more existing wireless networks, each of which has a network identifier, said newly added network including a plurality of terminals, comprising the steps of:
- receiving and storing network identifiers of the existing networks for a predetermined time period in each of said plurality of terminals in a network identifier setting mode;
automatically determining a network identifier of said newly added wireless network based on the stored network identifiers of the existing wireless networks;
setting the determined network identifier in each of said plurality of terminals; and
switching a terminal mode from the network identifier setting mode to a normal mode in each of said plurality of terminals.
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Abstract
When a wireless network is newly added to one or more existing wireless networks, each of which has a network identifier, it is desirable that a network identifier of the newly added network can be automatically set. The newly added network includes a plurality of terminals. First, network identifiers of the existing networks are received for a predetermined time period and stored in each of the plurality of terminals in a network identifier setting mode. Then, a network identifier of the newly added wireless network is automatically determined based on the stored network identifiers of the existing wireless networks. The determined network identifier is set in each of the plurality of terminals and the terminal mode is switched from the network identifier setting mode to a normal mode in each of the plurality of terminals.
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1. A method of automatically setting a network identifier of a wireless network which is newly added to one or more existing wireless networks, each of which has a network identifier, said newly added network including a plurality of terminals, comprising the steps of:
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receiving and storing network identifiers of the existing networks for a predetermined time period in each of said plurality of terminals in a network identifier setting mode; automatically determining a network identifier of said newly added wireless network based on the stored network identifiers of the existing wireless networks; setting the determined network identifier in each of said plurality of terminals; and switching a terminal mode from the network identifier setting mode to a normal mode in each of said plurality of terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A network identifier setting system in each of a plurality of terminals of a wireless network which is newly added to one or more existing wireless networks, each of which has a network identifier, said network identifier setting system comprising:
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a memory table for storing data; receiving means for receiving a packet; transmitting means for transmitting a packet; detecting means for detecting a network identifier from received packet and for storing the detected network identifier in said memory table in a network identifier setting mode; control means for controlling said receiving means to receive network identifiers of the existing networks for a predetermined time period in the network identifier setting mode, for automatically determining a network identifier of said newly added wireless network based on the network identifiers of the existing wireless networks stored in said memory table, for setting the determined network identifier, and for switching a terminal mode from the network identifier setting mode to a normal mode. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A network identifier setting system in each of a plurality of terminals of a wireless network which is newly added to one or more existing wireless networks, each of which has a network identifier, said network identifier setting system comprising:
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a memory table for storing data; receiving means for receiving a packet; transmitting means for transmitting a packet; detecting means for detecting a network identifier from received packet and for storing the detected network identifier in said memory table in a network identifier setting mode; control means for controlling said receiving means to receive network identifiers of the existing networks for a predetermined time period in the network identifier setting mode, for transmitting the network identifiers to a parent terminal when said terminal is not the parent terminal, for automatically determining a network identifier of said newly added wireless network based on the network identifiers of the existing wireless networks stored in said memory table and the received network identifiers of the existing wireless networks from other terminals of said newly added network, when said terminal is the parent terminal, for setting the determined network identifier in all the terminals of said newly added network, and for switching a terminal mode from the network identifier setting mode to a normal mode. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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