Ad-hoc simple configuration
AssigneeMarvell World Trade Ltd.
InventorKapil Chhabra
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Abstract
A protocol governing the operation of an ad-hoc WLAN enables each device in the WLAN to be configured as a registrar and/or an enrollee. Accordingly, each device is configurable to support both the registrar as well as enrollee modes of operations. In response to a time-driven user action, the device may be configured to enter into a registrar mode or an enrollee mode. While in the registrar mode, the device enters into an aggressive beaconing phase by setting its beacon contention window to a relatively very small value. The aggressive beaconing increases the probability of the discovery of the registrar by the enrollees. Optionally the device may prompt the user to select between a registrar and an enrollee mode of operation by displaying the option on an LCD panel.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method of configuring a device as one of an enrollee or a registrar to form an ad-hoc network, the method comprising:
- receiving, with a user interface of the device, a pair of user inputs to configure the device as one of the enrollee or the registrar;
- and
- configuring the device as one of the enrollee or the registrar in response to receiving the pair of user inputs.
A device with capability to be configured as one of an enrollee or a registrar to form an ad-hoc network, the device comprising:
- a user interface configured to receive a pair of user inputs to configure the device as one of the enrollee or the registrar;
- and
- a processor in communication with the user interface, the processor configured to configure the device as one of the enrollee or the registrar in response to receipt of the pair of user inputs by the user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.