摘要 |
A wired portion of a communications network includes a server for storing update files and a plurality of access points for communicating with a plurality of wireless communication devices. A wireless portion of a communications network includes the access points and the plurality of wireless communications devices. Periodically, updated software files are available that can be downloaded to all of the wireless communication devices, via the access points. A single master wireless communication device determines that it needs to download updated software files and initiates the transfer of all new updated files to it. Subsequent to the master wireless device receiving the new updated files, it establishes an ad-hoc connection to a peer wireless communication device and if the peer wireless communication device does not have the new update software file, the master wireless communication device transfers the new updated software file to it.
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