Wireless network facilitator and monitor

摘要

Techniques are presented for facilitating and monitoring wireless network connections. Clients and intermediate nodes are configured to interact with one another via network connections. Initially, the clients wirelessly connect to a select one of the intermediate nodes. Tests may be periodically issued to the clients and to the intermediate nodes to measure and track performance and quality of the network connections. Billing records may also be recorded and billing policies verified for client activities occurring during the network connections.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a device plugin adapted to be executed on a device of a network; wherein the device plugin is adapted to configure a client device and one or more intermediate nodes to interact with one another in network transactions, and the device plugin configured to define protocols and authentication techniques that the client device and the one or more intermediate nodes process to initially connect with one another for the network transactions, and wherein the device plugin is further adapted to acquire and to selectively submit a number of the tests to the client device and to the one or more intermediate nodes and wherein the client device initially wirelessly connects to a select one of the intermediate nodes to establish the network transactions.