RECONFIGURATION OF WIRELESS DEVICES FOR WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS

摘要

Updated network access information can be distributed to wireless devices that have joined a wireless network whose configuration is being or has been modified. In some instances, an update can be scheduled in advance and a notification provided from a base station to other devices on the network. In some instances, a portable wireless device can distribute updated network access information to other devices that had been on the network prior to the update in a partially or fully automated process.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
joining, by a portable wireless device, a wireless network using initial network access information; receiving, by the portable wireless device, updated network access information for the wireless network, the updated network access information indicating an update to a network configuration of the wireless network; detecting, by the portable wireless device, that another wireless device is requesting to join the wireless network; determining, by the portable wireless device, that the other wireless device had joined the wireless network prior to the update to the network configuration of the wireless network; and providing, by the portable wireless device, the updated network access information to the other wireless device in response to determining that the other wireless device had joined the wireless network prior to the update to the network configuration of the wireless network.