| 摘要 |
An apparatus and method ( 200 ) are disclosed for expanded coverage in a mesh network ( 100 ). A communication device ( 140 ) incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a controller ( 302 ) managing operation of a transceiver ( 320 ) in communication with the mesh and programmed to acquire ( 202 ) a network identification from a mesh node ( 120 ), transmit ( 204 ) the network identification and appear as another mesh node to clients, and forward traffic from wireless clients to the mesh node. The communication device can operate ( 206 ) as a node in the mesh using the network identification and operate ( 208 ) as an independent router using a separate wireless router identifier. In another embodiment, the controller can be programmed to detect a network identification of an access point within a coverage area of a communication device ( 120 ), transmit a join message, and transmit authenticating information and security associations. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
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