Systems and methods for implementing ad hoc wireless networking

摘要

This disclosure involves methods and systems for implementing IBSS networks between peer client devices. Devices function as registrar or enrollee in the network depending upon whether they are in configured or unconfigured mode. The WPS-PBC configuration routine allows the unconfigured enrollee device to obtain the necessary network configuration profile from the configured registrar device upon a successful WPS handshake process. Once a device has received the network configuration protocol, its status is switched to configured, allowing it to function as a registrar for the network for the subsequent addition of new devices. When both devices are initially in an unconfigured state, one is chosen to act as registrar so that it can automatically generate the necessary network configuration profile and pass it along to the other device. Following this process, both devices are set to configured mode.

主权项

1. A method for wireless communication comprising:
activating a configuration routine on a first device to cause the first device to transmit a first frame having an activation information element and to scan for transmissions having an activation information element, wherein the first device is in unconfigured mode; receiving a transmission from a second device with the first device, wherein the received transmission has an activation information element; exchanging information wirelessly with the first device to negotiate a network configuration profile; applying the network configuration profile to the first device to enable communication over an independent basic service set network with the second device; and setting the first device to a configured mode, wherein the first device and the second device are configured to function as registrars after exchanging the network configuration profile and communicate the network configuration profile to a third device in unconfigured mode.