Distributed wireless device association with basestations

摘要

An embodiment of the invention is directed to associating a wireless device with a basestation. A connection request is received from the wireless device. The wireless device is authenticated to the basestation. A token-transfer-request message is received. The wireless device is associated with the basestation by transferring a token associated with the wireless device to the basestation.

主权项

1. A system for identifying a basestation to process wireless communications of a wireless device, comprising:
at least one basestation that:
A) receives a connection request from the wireless device;B) determines whether the at least one basestation holds a token corresponding to the wireless device; andC) when the at least one basestation does not hold the token:generates a token-request message containing an identifier of another basestation currently holding the token corresponding to the wireless device, wherein the token is held by only one basestation at a time, and wherein a temporary token is assigned to the wireless device and identifies the basestation that currently holds the token as unreachable, the temporary token is marked as temporary until a permanent token which is assigned to the wireless device is associated with the basestation.