Mesh network configured to autonomously commission a network and manage the network topology
AssigneeInterDigital Technology Corporation
InventorUlises Olvera-Hernandez
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Abstract
In a wireless communication system, a method for commissioning and managing communication between a plurality of mesh points (MPs) comprises a first MP broadcasting a signal to a second MP to establish communication with the second MP. The second MP transmits a response signal to the first MP. The first MP authenticates the second MP and determines a master MP, and the first MP establishes the communication with the second MP.
Claims37
In a wireless communication system, a method for commissioning and managing communication between a plurality of mesh points (MPs), the method comprising:
- a first MP broadcasting a signal to a second MP to establish communication with the second MP;
- the second MP transmitting a response signal to the first MP;
- the first MP authenticating the second MP and determining a master MP;
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- the first MP establishing the communication with the second MP.
A wireless communication system, comprising:
- a cluster, including a plurality of regions;
- a plurality of cluster members, wherein each cluster member is a master of a region and in wireless communication with each other cluster member;
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- a plurality of region members in wireless communication the cluster member associated with their region.
In a wireless communication system, a mesh point (MP) comprising:
- a receiver;
- a transmitter;
- and
- a processor in communication with both the receiver and the transmitter, wherein the processor is configured to broadcast a signal through the transmitter to discover additional MPs, receive response signals from the additional MPs through the receiver, and compare authentication and credential data relating to the additional MPs to authentication and credential data relating to the MP to determine an MP master.
In a wireless communication system, a base station comprising:
- a receiver;
- a transmitter;
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- a processor in communication with both the receiver and the transmitter, wherein the processor is configured to broadcast a signal through the transmitter to discover additional base stations, receive response signals from the additional base stations through the receiver, and compare authentication and credential data relating to the additional base stations to authentication and credential data relating to the base station to determine a master.
In a wireless communication system including a plurality of mesh points (MP), the MPs including an integrated circuit (IC) comprising:
- a receiver;
- a transmitter;
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- a processor in communication with both the receiver and the transmitter, wherein the processor is configured to broadcast a signal through the transmitter to discover additional MPs, receive response signals from the additional MPs through the receiver, and compare authentication and credential data relating to the additional MPs to authentication and credential data relating to the MP to determine an MP master.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.