US 2020/0287782 A1 · METHOD FOR CONVEYING AP ERROR CODES OVER BLE ADVERTISEMENTS

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for automatically obtaining status from an isolated AP that cannot connect to the cloud. The obtained status information is then used to automatically mitigate the issue and accelerate connecting the isolated AP back to the cloud. The methods are well suited for use in a system with a variety of access points, e.g., wireless and/or wired access points, which can be used to obtain access to the Internet or another network such as “the cloud”. Network management system has been configured to monitor the network and use preconfigured data to determine a remedial action to be automatically taken when an AP loses connectivity with the cloud.

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Dependent claims

A method performed by an access point to mitigate a root cause of the access point not having connectivity with a network, the method comprising:

detecting, by the access point, that connectivity to the network over a first communication channel has failed;
generating, by the access point, a status message related to the connectivity failure;
broadcasting, using a beacon signal, and over a second communication channel different than the failed first communication channel, the status message;
receiving, by the access point, a second beacon signal from a second access point, the second beacon signal including a second status message;
decoding, by the access point, the second status message to determine the status message includes an error code;
and
forwarding, by the access point and in response to the decoding, information derived from the status message to a back-haul device over the first communication channel.

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An access point that mitigates a loss of connectivity with a backhaul network, the access point comprising:

hardware processing circuitry;
one or more hardware memories storing instructions that configure the hardware processing circuitry to perform operations comprising:
detecting that connectivity to the backhaul network over a first communication channel has failed;
generating a status message related to the connectivity failure;
broadcasting, with a beacon signal, and over a second communication channel different than the failed first communication channel, the status message;
receiving, by the access point, a second beacon signal from a second access point, the second beacon signal including a second status message;
decoding, by the access point, the second status message to determine the status message includes an error code;
and
forwarding, by the access point and in response to the decoding, information derived from the status message to a back-haul device over the first communication channel.

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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed configure hardware processing circuitry to perform operations by an access point to mitigate a root cause of the access point not having connectivity with a network, the operations comprising:

detecting that connectivity to the network over a first communication channel has failed;
generating a status message related to the connectivity failure;
broadcasting, with a beacon signal, and over a second communication channel different than the failed first communication channel, the status message;
receiving, by the access point, a second beacon signal from a second access point, the second beacon signal including a second status message;
decoding, by the access point, the second status message to determine the status message includes an error code;
and
forwarding, by the access point and in response to the decoding, information derived from the status message to a back-haul device over the first communication channel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method for conveying ap error codes over ble advertisements

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Method for conveying ap error codes over ble advertisements

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Abstract

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