Method and arrangement for providing a wireless mesh network

摘要

A method and an arrangement for providing a wire-free mesh network are provided. An approval procedure is carried out in situations in which a subscriber who is registering on the mesh network transmits an MAC address which already exists in the mesh network, such that two different subscribers within the mesh network never have identical MAC addresses.

主权项

1. A method for providing a wireless local network comprising:
a subnetwork receiving a registering MAC address from a registering communication entity attempting to register with the subnetwork; a first node of the subnetwork comparing the registering MAC address with MAC addresses that are reachable via the subnetwork such that:
when the registering MAC address is disjoint of the reachable MAC addresses, the first node connecting the registering communication entity in a manner of a station of the subnetwork; andwhen the registering MAC address is not disjoint of the reachable MAC addresses such that the registering MAC address already is reachable via the subnetwork, the first node implementing an approval procedure with the registering communication entity to prevent two different subscribers within the subnetwork from having identical MAC addresses;wherein the approval procedure comprises:
awaiting, by the first node of the subnetwork, for a first item of check information by way of a first route in the subnetwork established to a first communication entity of the subnetwork and for a second item of check information by way of a second route in the subnetwork established in the context of the registration attempt from the registering communication entity,rejecting the registering communication entity when the first item of check information fails to arrive within a predetermined amount of time,rejecting the registering communication entity when the second item of check information fails to arrive within a predetermined amount of time,checking a correlation of the first item of check information with the second item of check information after the first and second items of check information arrive,connecting the registering communication entity in the manner of a station of the subnetwork when at least a specific degree of correlation is achieved between the first item of check information and the second item of check information, andrejecting the registering communication entity when the specific degree of correlation is not achieved.