Reduced power auto-configuration
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorTsutomu Sakai
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Abstract
An auto-configuration algorithm for establishing a wireless connection between an access point (AP) and a wireless station includes reducing the power that the AP transmits or broadcasts configuration setting information, resulting in possible reception of the configuration setting only within a small area of the network.
Claims21
A method of communication in a wireless network including a wireless station and an access point (AP), the method comprising:
- initiating configuration between the wireless station and the AP;
- transmitting, by the AP, configuration settings at a reduced RF power from the default maximum RF power of the AP;
- establishing a connection between the wireless station and the AP;
- and
- increasing the RF power of the AP for communication between the wireless station and the AP.
A method of configuring a wireless station in a wireless network, comprising:
- setting a reduced RF power in an access point (AP), wherein the reduced RF power is dependent on the distance from the AP to the wireless station;
- transmitting, by the AP, configuration settings at the reduced power;
- and
- establishing a connection with the wireless station.
A wireless network, comprising:
- a wireless station;
- and
- an access point (AP) having a set of configuration settings, wherein the AP is configured to transmit the configuration settings at a reduced power from a maximum default power of the AP and to increase the power after a communication has been established with the wireless station.
An access point (AP) in a wireless network comprising a wireless station, the AP comprising:
- an antenna adapted to receive packets from and transmit packets to the wireless station, wherein the packets contain configuration setting information;
- a processor coupled to the antenna for processing the packets received from the wireless station, wherein the processor determines a reduced power to transmit the packets;
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- a transmitter adapted to transmit configuration setting information at the reduced power.
An access point (AP) for communication in a network comprising a wireless station, the AP comprising:
- means for initiating a configuration between the wireless station and the AP;
- means for transmitting configuration settings at a reduced RF power from the default maximum RF power of the AP;
- means for establishing a connection between the wireless station and the AP;
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- means for increasing the RF power for communication between the wireless station and the AP.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.