Wireless network facilitator and monitor
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1. A method, comprising:
- configuring a client device to access a desired network provider for the client device, wherein the network provider is an Internet Service Provider (ISP) for the client device;
configuring intermediate nodes, which may interact with the client device, to facilitate a connection of the client device through the intermediate nodes to the desired network provider;
monitoring a billing record, if the connection for the client device is established, wherein the client device initially wirelessly establishes the connection with a select one of the intermediate nodes, and wherein the billing record is generated by the intermediate nodes; and
issuing a test to a client device includes defining the test as an end-to-end authentication test to authenticate the client device to a destination node through the network connection and to authenticate each of the one or more intermediate nodes to one another through the network connection to the destination node.
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Abstract
Techniques are presented for facilitating and monitoring wireless network connections. Clients and intermediate nodes are configured to interact with one another via network connections. Initially, the clients wirelessly connect to a select one of the intermediate nodes. Tests may be periodically issued to the clients and to the intermediate nodes to measure and track performance and quality of the network connections. Billing records may also be recorded and billing policies verified for client activities occurring during the network connections.
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1. A method, comprising:
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configuring a client device to access a desired network provider for the client device, wherein the network provider is an Internet Service Provider (ISP) for the client device; configuring intermediate nodes, which may interact with the client device, to facilitate a connection of the client device through the intermediate nodes to the desired network provider; monitoring a billing record, if the connection for the client device is established, wherein the client device initially wirelessly establishes the connection with a select one of the intermediate nodes, and wherein the billing record is generated by the intermediate nodes; and issuing a test to a client device includes defining the test as an end-to-end authentication test to authenticate the client device to a destination node through the network connection and to authenticate each of the one or more intermediate nodes to one another through the network connection to the destination node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method, comprising:
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issuing a test to a client device and to one or more intermediate nodes associated with a network connection, wherein the client device initially wirelessly establishes the network connection with a select one of the one or more intermediate nodes, and wherein the network connection is between the client device to a destination node, the destination node is an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the client device connects to the destination node via the select one of the one or more intermediate nodes, and wherein the test is issued based upon detection of a preconfigured event or condition; processing, by the client device and the one or more intermediate nodes, the test over the network connection; receiving metrics associated with the test from at least one of the client device and the one or more intermediate nodes; and wherein issuing a test to a client device includes defining the test as an end-to-end authentication test to authenticate the client device to a destination node through the network connection and to authenticate each of the one or more intermediate nodes to one another through the network connection to the destination node. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine accessible medium having associated instructions, which when processed, result in a machine performing:
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issuing configuration information to a client device and to one or more intermediate nodes for the client device and the one or more intermediate nodes to interact with one another via network connections, wherein with each network connection the client device initially wirelessly connects to a select one of the one or more intermediate nodes for purposes of connecting to a destination node that is an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to provide the client device with access to the Internet; and periodically submitting tests, in response to a preconfigured event or condition to the client device and to the one or more intermediate nodes to process the tests with at least some of the network connections, wherein periodically submitting further includes instructions for submitting a number of the tests to measure at least one of performance and quality associated with actions taken with the network connections, and wherein the actions include at least one of performing end-to-end authentication from the client device through the one or more intermediate nodes to a destination node, and performing a data transfer from or to the client device through the one or more intermediate nodes. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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