Automatic selection of coordinating functionality in a hybrid communication network

摘要

A hybrid device can be configured to execute operations to select singleton coordinating functionality in a hybrid communication network. In one embodiment, a single master device (e.g., a hybrid device configured as both a registrar and a central access point (CAP)) can be selected. The hybrid device can transmit search messages to detect an existing master device and/or to identify other hybrid devices contending to become the master device. The hybrid device with the preferred device identifier is selected as the master device. In another embodiment, operations for selecting the coordinating functionality are split into two independent stages—a CAP selection stage and a registrar selection stage. In the CAP selection stage, the hybrid device with a preferred device weight (or a preferred device weight and a preferred device identifier) is configured as the CAP. In the registrar selection stage, similar operations can be executed to select the registrar.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
transmitting, from a first hybrid device of a hybrid communication network, a first advertisement message including a first device weight associated with the first hybrid device; determining whether a second advertisement message is received from a second hybrid device of the hybrid communication network within a first predetermined search time interval; in response to determining that the second advertisement message is not received from the second hybrid device within the first predetermined search time interval,
configuring the first hybrid device as a central access point of the hybrid communication network, wherein the central access point is communicatively coupled to a network gateway of the hybrid communication network via a single communication medium; and in response to determining that the second advertisement message is received from the second hybrid device within the first predetermined search time interval,
selecting a central access point of the hybrid communication network based, at least in part, on the first device weight and a second device weight associated with the second hybrid device.