US 10,834,666 B2 · Wireless communication device and method

Abstract

According to the present disclosure, a wireless communication device wirelessly communicates with mesh portals in conformity with the IEEE 802.11s standard. The wireless communication device includes a MAC address receiving section, a MAC address recording section, an IP address inquiring section, and an IP address recording section. The MAC address receiving section receives the MAC addresses of the mesh portals from the mesh portals. The MAC address recording section records the received MAC addresses in correspondence to metrics between the mesh portals and the wireless communication device. The IP address inquiring section preferentially requests an IP address from one of the mesh portals having a MAC address corresponding to a smaller one of the metrics based on contents recorded by the MAC address recording section. The IP address recording section records the IP address transmitted from the mesh portal as a result of the request.

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Dependent claims

A wireless communication device that wirelessly communicates with mesh portals in conformity with the institute of electrical and electronic engineers (IEEE) 802.11s standard, the wireless communication device comprising:

a media access control (MAC) address receiving section that receives, from the mesh portals, MAC addresses of the mesh portals;
a MAC address recording section that records the received MAC addresses in correspondence to metrics between the mesh portals and the wireless communication device;
an internet protocol (IP) address inquiring section that preferentially requests an IP address from one mesh portal of the mesh portals having a MAC address corresponding to a smaller one of the metrics based on contents recorded by the MAC address recording section;
an IP address recording section that records the IP address transmitted from the one mesh portal as a result of the request;
and
an identifier receiving section that receives, from a recording device and via a closed mesh, identifiers of wireless local area network (LAN) access points recorded by the recording device,
wherein the recording device is connected with the mesh portals via a wired network, and
wherein a group ID and a password received from a mesh portal of the mesh portals are used for wireless communications using the closed mesh.

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A wireless communication method of using a wireless communication device that wirelessly communicates with mesh portals in conformity with the institute of electrical and electronic engineers (IEEE) 802.11s standard, the wireless communication method comprising:

receiving media access control (MAC) addresses of the mesh portals from the mesh portals;
recording the received MAC addresses in correspondence to metrics between the mesh portals and the wireless communication device;
preferentially requesting an internet protocol (IP) address from one mesh portal of the mesh portals having a MAC address corresponding to a smaller one of the metrics based on contents recorded by the recording of the received MAC addresses;
recording the IP address transmitted from the one mesh portal as a result of the request;
and
receiving, from a recording device and via a closed mesh, identifiers of wireless local area network (LAN) access points recorded by the recording device,
wherein the recording device is connected with the mesh portals via a wired network, and
wherein a group ID and a password received from a mesh portal of the mesh portals are used for wireless communications using the closed mesh.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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