Group provisioning of wireless stations of a wireless local area network (WLAN)

摘要

An aspect of the present disclosure enables convenient provisioning of multiple wireless devices. In an embodiment, a provisioning agent (e.g., a smart phone) identifies wireless devices requiring provisioning to operate as wireless stations and communicates with each wireless device to provide provisioning parameters for joining a first basic service set (BSS). However, during such communication, the provisioning agent operates as a wireless station and each wireless device operates as an access point (AP) outside of the first BSS. Each wireless device is enabled to be configured according to the received provisioning parameters to thereafter operate as a corresponding wireless station of the first BSS.

主权项

1. A method of provisioning multiple wireless devices, said method being performed in a provisioning agent, said method comprising:
identifying a plurality of wireless devices requiring provisioning to operate as wireless stations; communicating with each of said plurality of wireless devices to provide provisioning parameters for joining a first basic service set (BSS), wherein said first BSS is characterized by a first service set identifier (SSID) identifying said first BSS, wherein said provisioning parameters contain said first SSID, wherein said provisioning agent operates as a wireless station and each of said plurality of wireless devices operates as an access point (AP) outside of said first BSS during said identifying and said communicating, wherein each of said plurality of wireless devices is enabled to be configured according to the received provisioning parameters including said first SSID such that each of said plurality of wireless devices thereafter joins said first BSS based on said first SSID and operates as a corresponding wireless station of said first BSS.