US 10,834,688 B1 · Wireless cross-connect datacenter

Abstract

Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for automated setup of a wireless datacenter. A computer-based wireless management and discovery system communicates with datacenter computers (nodes) via a management service set identifier (SSID). The wireless management and discovery system establishes a list of eligible wireless channels that can be used for the datacenter by scanning wireless channels currently in use. Each wireless datacenter node is assigned an SSID that corresponds to the datacenter. A transmission test is performed to set a minimum transmit power for upstream and downstream communication between the datacenter nodes and corresponding wireless access points. Once the minimum transmission power levels are established, the datacenter node enters an operational mode using the assigned SSID. The setup is accomplished without human intervention. Once in operational mode, the datacenter node performs its intended datacenter function.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for establishing a wirelessly connected datacenter, comprising:

determining a list of available radio channels;
in response to a wireless datacenter node connecting to a management server via a management service set identifier (SSID):
determining a minimum transmit power setting for a minimum data transmission rate for the wireless datacenter node on a radio channel selected from the list of available radio channels;
assigning the wireless datacenter node an operational SSID corresponding to the radio channel;
and
sending the minimum transmit power setting to the wireless datacenter node;
and
wherein the determining the minimum transmit power setting comprises:
obtaining a bandwidth requirement for the wireless datacenter node;
performing an upstream speed test on the radio channel for a plurality of wireless datacenter node transmit powers connected to a first wireless access point;
and
selecting a minimum wireless datacenter node transmit power that corresponds to a successful wireless datacenter node upstream speed test result.

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An electronic computation device comprising:

a processor;
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory containing instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the device to:
determine a list of available radio channels;
in response to a wireless datacenter node connecting to a management server via a management service set identifier (SSID):
determine a minimum transmit power setting for a minimum data transmission rate for the wireless datacenter node on a radio channel selected from the list of available radio channels;
assign the wireless datacenter node an operational SSID corresponding to the radio channel;
and
send the minimum transmit power setting to the wireless datacenter node;
and
wherein the determining the minimum transmit power setting comprises:
obtain a bandwidth requirement for the wireless datacenter node;
perform an upstream speed test on the radio channel for a plurality of wireless datacenter node transmit powers connected to a first wireless access point;
and
select a minimum wireless datacenter node transmit power that corresponds to a successful wireless datacenter node upstream speed test result.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Wireless cross-connect datacenter

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