发明名称 Untethered access point mesh system and method
摘要 A technique for implementing an untethered access point (UAP) mesh involves enabling AP-local switching at one or more UAPs of the mesh. A system constructed according to the technique may include a wireless switch; an access point (AP) wire-coupled to the wireless switch; and a UAP mesh, wirelessly coupled to the AP, including a UAP with an AP-local switching engine embodied in a computer-readable medium. Another system constructed according to the technique may include an untethered access point (UAP), including: a radio; a backhaul service set identifier (SSID) stored in a computer-readable medium; an anchor access point (AAP) selection engine embodied in a computer-readable medium. In operation, the AAP selection engine may use the radio to attempt to associate with the AAP if a beaconed backhaul SSID matches the stored backhaul SSID. A method according to the technique may include beaconing with a backhaul SSID; acting in concert with an upstream switch as an authenticator for a downstream station that responds to the beacon; providing limited local switching functionality for the downstream station.
申请公布号 US2007287390(A1) 申请公布日期 2007.12.13
申请号 US20070801964 申请日期 2007.05.11
申请人 TRAPEZE NETWORKS, INC. 发明人 MURPHY JAMES;MORAIN GARY E.;CHESNUTT STAN
分类号 H04B1/40;H04W12/06;H04W84/18;H04W84/22;H04W88/14 主分类号 H04B1/40
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