INITIALIZATION OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

A wireless communication network comprises an association unit and a plurality
of stations. At least part of the stations store association information
indicative of an associated route for transmission of messages from the
station to the association unit. The association information is generated by
installing the stations in a not-associated state; transmitting association
request messages from stations in the not-associated state; and transmitting
association grant messages in response to the association request messages.
Each association grant message is transmitted only from the association unit
or, at least when the station that has transmitted association request message
is outside a reception range of the association unit, from one of the stations
that is in an associated state. Each station that has received the association
grant message in response to its association request message is switched to
the associated state. Association information is stored that indicates the
station that has sent the association grant message as part of the associated
route to the association unit.