REPORTING AND RESOLVING CONFLICTING USE OF A NODE IDENTIFIER

摘要

Conflicting use of a node identifier in a wireless network is reported and resolved. In some aspects, a wireless node receives wireless signals and determines, based on those signals, that more than one node uses the same node identifier. The wireless node may then report the conflicting use to a network node. Here, the wireless node may delay for a period of time before reporting the conflicting use. In some aspects, an access point that discovers a conflicting use (e.g., based on a received signal that indicates that another access point is using that same node identifier) may report the conflicting use and/or elect to use a different node identifier. In some aspects, a stateful procedure is used to resolve a conflicting use where, upon identification of a conflicting use, an access point negotiates with another access point to cause one of these access points to use a different node identifier. In some aspects, a stateless procedure is used to resolve a conflicting use where, upon identification of a conflicting use, an access point delays for a period of time before determining whether a different node identifier is to be used at one of the nodes.