Derivation of basic service set identifiers for access points
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsNitin A. Changlani, Jingong Li, Manoj Thawani
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Abstract
An access point of a network configured to derive basic service set identifiers (BSSIDs). The access point determines a base media access control (MAC) address associated with an access point. The access point computes an offset for at least one radio of the access point. The access point determines a radio-specific MAC address for the at least one radio of the access point by incrementing the base MAC address by the offset. The access point then derives a plurality of BSSIDs for the at least one radio of the access point based on the radio-specific MAC address. In some cases, the access point determines a radio from which a BSSID is provided based on the BSSID.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method of deriving basic service set identifiers (BSSIDs), the method comprising:
- determining a base media access control (MAC) address associated with an access point;
- computing an offset for at least one radio of the access point;
- determining a radio-specific MAC address for the at least one radio of the access point by incrementing the base MAC address by the offset;
- and
- deriving a plurality of BSSIDs for the at least one radio of the access point based on the radio-specific MAC address.
An access point comprising
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the access point to perform a method of deriving basic service set identifiers (BSSIDs), the method comprising:
- determining a base media access control (MAC) address associated with the access point;
- computing an offset for at least one radio of the access point;
- determining a radio-specific MAC address for the at least one radio of the access point by incrementing the base MAC address by the offset;
- and
- deriving a plurality of BSSIDs for the at least one radio of the access point based on the radio-specific MAC address.
A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of an access point, cause the access point to perform a method of deriving basic service set identifiers (BSSIDs), the method comprising:
- determining a base media access control (MAC) address associated with the access point;
- computing an offset for at least one radio of the access point;
- determining a radio-specific MAC address for at least one radio of the access point by incrementing the base MAC address by the offset;
- and
- deriving a plurality of BSSIDs for the at least one radio of the access point based on the radio-specific MAC address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.