Partition a radio into a service chain and a scan chain to scan channels
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsShahnawaz Siraj, Sachin Ganu, Andre Beaudin, Ben Dunsbergen, Manoj Thawani, Qiang Zhou
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Abstract
Example implementations relate to partitioning a radio into chains to scan channels. In some examples, a network device may comprise a processing resource and a memory resource storing machine-readable instructions to partition a default radio of the network device into a service chain and a scan chain in response to a scan request, scan a particular channel with the scan chain to discover devices operating on the particular channel of a network, and combine the service chain and the scan chain into the default radio.
Claims20
A network device, comprising:
- a processing resource;
- and
- a memory resource storing machine-readable instructions to cause the processing resource to:
- partition a default radio of the network device into a service chain and a scan chain in response to a scan request, wherein the service chain provides network connectivity to client devices connected to the network device, and wherein the scan chain scans other channels to discover devices operating on the other channels;
- scan a particular channel with the scan chain for a predetermined amount of time to discover devices operating on the particular channel of a network;
- and
- combine, after completing the scan and after the predetermined amount of time, the service chain and the scan chain into the default radio.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions to cause a computer processor to:
- partition, by a network device, a default radio of the network device into a service chain and a scan chain in response to receiving a scan request, wherein the service chain provides network connectivity to client devices connected to the network device, and wherein the scan chain scans other channels to discover devices operating on the other channels;
- scan, by the scan chain of the network device, a particular channel for a predetermined amount of time to discover devices operating on the particular channel of a network, wherein the network device is operating on a channel that is different from the particular channel;
- and
- combine, after completing the scan and after the predetermined amount of time, the service chain and the scan chain into the default radio.
A method, comprising:
- partitioning, by an access point (AP), a default radio of the AP into a service chain and a scan chain in response to receiving a scan request, wherein the service chain provides network connectivity to client devices connected to the network device, and wherein the scan chain scans other channels to discover devices operating on the other channels;
- scanning, by the scan chain of the AP, a particular channel for a predetermined amount of time to discover devices operating on the particular channel of a network, wherein the AP is operating on a channel that is different from the particular channel;
- providing, by the service chain of the AP, network connectivity to client devices connected to the AP;
- and
- combining, by the AP after completing scanning and after the predetermined amount of time, the service chain and the scan chain into the default radio.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.