Simultaneous channel switching within a mesh network
AssigneeVivint, Inc.
InventorVenkat Kalkunte
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for channel switching in a mesh network is described. In one embodiment, a beacon is sent. The beacon includes a channel change request in both proprietary and standard formats. The channel change request includes an instruction to change to a particular channel and a timing synchronization function identifying when the change to the particular channel should occur. The timing synchronization function is used to determine that the time has arrived to change to the particular channel. The particular channel is changed to synchronously with all other access points in a mesh network.
Claims19
A method for channel switching at a first access point in a wireless network, comprising:
- receiving a first beacon from a second access point in the wireless network that indicates a request to make a channel change, the first beacon containing channel change information indicating:
- an identification of a channel to change;
- and
- a first change time to make the channel change;
- setting a timer to change to the channel at the first change time;
- generating a second beacon by revising an outgoing beacon to include the channel change information from the first beacon;
- and
- sending, to a third access point, the second beacon indicating a request for the third access point to make the channel change and containing the channel change information.
An apparatus for channel switching, comprising:
- a processor;
- memory in electronic communication with the processor;
- and
- instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
- receive a first beacon, at the apparatus in a wireless network, from a second access point in the wireless network that indicates a request to make a channel change, the first beacon containing channel change information indicating:
- an identification of a channel to change to;
- and
- a first change time to make the channel change;
- set a timer, at the apparatus, to change to the channel at the first change time;
- generate a second beacon by revising an outgoing beacon to include the channel change information from the first beacon;
- and
- send, to a third access point, the second beacon indicating a request for the third access point to make the channel change and containing the channel change information.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code at a first access point in a wireless network, the code executable by a processor to:
- receive a first beacon from a second access point in the wireless network that indicates a request to make a channel change, the first beacon containing channel change information indicating:
- an identification of a channel to change to;
- and
- a first change time to make the channel change;
- set a timer to change to the channel at the first change time;
- generate a second beacon by revising an outgoing beacon to include the channel change information from the first beacon;
- and
- send, to a third access point, the second beacon indicating a request for the third access point to make the channel change and containing the channel change information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.