Network configuration for devices with constrained resources
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsAVRAHAM BAUM, Artur Zaks, Ram Machness, Nir Nitzani
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Abstract
A method includes receiving a wireless beacon from an ad hoc network at a wireless device, wherein the wireless beacon includes a data structure that encodes at least a portion of a wireless identifier of an access point. The method includes configuring the wireless device from the data structure received from the wireless beacon. The method also includes establishing a wireless network between the access point and the wireless device utilizing at least a portion of the wireless identifier encoded in the data structure.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving a wireless beacon from an ad hoc network at a wireless device, wherein the wireless beacon includes a data structure that encodes at least a portion of a wireless identifier of an access point;
- configuring the wireless device based on the data structure received from the wireless beacon;
- and
- establishing a wireless network between the access point and the wireless device utilizing the at least a portion of the wireless identifier encoded in the data structure.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a wireless beacon at a wireless device via an ad hoc network, the wireless beacon having a first configuration data structure to specify initial network settings for the wireless device;
- configuring the wireless device according to the initial network settings specified in the first data structure;
- establishing a connection with an access point utilizing the initial network settings specified in the first data structure;
- broadcasting a second data structure to the wireless device over a designated communications port, the second data structure specifying a an updated security protocol for the wireless device;
- configuring the wireless device and the access point according to the updated security protocol specified in the second data structure;
- and
- reestablishing the connection between the wireless device and the access point utilizing the updated security protocol.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed cause a processor to:
- process a wireless beacon received from an ad hoc network at a wireless device, wherein the wireless beacon includes a data structure that encodes at least a portion of a wireless identifier of an access point;
- configure the wireless device based on the data structure of the wireless beacon;
- and
- establish a wireless network between the access point and the wireless device utilizing the at least a portion of the wireless identifier encoded in the data structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.