Context-aware wireless roaming

A method comprising:

• automatically capturing and interpreting roaming meta-data advertised by one or more static access-points in the vicinity of a wireless mobile node;
• automatically reconfiguring the wireless mobile node, in response to predetermined criteria and based on an ordered list communicated via the roaming meta-data, to associate with a best next static access-point of the static access-points, the best next static access-point being a next access-point in the ordered list;
• wherein the wireless mobile node and the static access-points are respective nodes of a wireless mesh network;
• and
• wherein the predetermined criteria comprises a context map created and periodically updated by the wireless mobile node based on current signal strength, history of past associations, and advertised roaming meta-data, of at least some of the static access-points.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having a set of instructions stored therein that when executed by a processing element cause the processing element to perform operations comprising:

• automatically capturing and interpreting roaming meta-data advertised by one or more static access-points in the vicinity of a wireless mobile node;
• automatically reconfiguring the wireless mobile node, in response to predetermined criteria and based on an ordered list communicated via the roaming meta-data, to associate with a best next static access-point of the static access-points, the best next static access-point being a next access-point in the ordered list;
• wherein the wireless mobile node and the static access-points are respective nodes of a wireless mesh network;
• and
• wherein the predetermined criteria comprises a context map created and periodically updated by the wireless mobile node based on current signal strength, history of past associations, and advertised roaming meta-data, of at least some of the static access-points.

A mobile node, comprising:

• means for automatically capturing and interpreting roaming meta-data advertised by one or more static access-points in the vicinity of the mobile node;
• means for automatically reconfiguring the mobile node, in response to predetermined criteria and based on an ordered list communicated via the roaming meta-data, to associate with a best next static access-point of the static access-points, the best next static access-point being a next access-point in the ordered list;
• wherein the mobile node and the static access-points are respective nodes of a wireless mesh network;
• and
• wherein the predetermined criteria comprises a context map created and periodically updated by the mobile node based on current signal strength, history of past associations, and advertised roaming meta-data, of at least some of the static access-points.