Method For Network Merging And Configuration Sharing And Associated Apparatus

摘要

Each independent repeater network may be associated with a respective network weight and a respective group identifier. When two repeater networks with the same group identifier merge, configuration may flow from the network with a higher network weight to the network with a lower network weight. When two repeater networks with different group identifiers merge, configuration may flow from the connecting host interface of a repeater of one of the networks to the connecting client interface of a repeater of the other network. In cases of simultaneous connection between two networks, group identifier change may take precedence over configuration update caused by the merging of the two networks.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
establishing, by a first communication device, a communication link with a second communication device to connect to the second communication device, the first communication device associated with a first weight, a first group identifier, or both, the second communication device associated with a second weight, a second group identifier, or both; determining, by the first communication device, whether the first group identifier and the second group identifier are identical; responsive to a determination that the first group identifier and the second group identifier are identical, comparing, by the first communication device, the first weight and the second weight; and responsive to the comparing, adopting, by the first communication device, a configuration of the second communication device by receiving data related to the configuration of the second communication device from the second communication device.