PEER CONNECTIVITY USING RECIPROCAL WIRELESS CONNECTIONS

摘要

Reciprocal wireless connections may be established between a pair of devices to support failover, load balancing, traffic distribution, or other peer-to-peer connectivity features. Each device of a pair of devices may implement both a local wireless access point and a local wireless station to communicate with the other device of the pair of devices. Establishment of a second wireless connection between the pair of devices may be coordinated using a protocol extension of a first wireless connection. A multiplexing (MUX) component may coordinate traffic among the reciprocal wireless connections.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
establishing, at a first device, a first wireless connection between a first local wireless interface of the first device and a first remote wireless interface of a second device; determining that the second device supports establishment of a reciprocal wireless connection via a second remote wireless interface of the second device; and establishing a second wireless connection between a second local wireless interface of the first device and the second remote wireless interface of the second device, wherein the first and second wireless connections are reciprocal wireless connections such that each of the first and second devices is configured as a wireless access point for a corresponding one of the first and second wireless connections.