Access point migration within network
AssigneeResideo LLC
InventorsSheetal R. Kadam, Anand Kavatekar Narayan Rao, Sachin Joy
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Abstract
A method includes transmitting network access point data from a hub device of a network to a sensor device of that network, where the sensor device is in communication with a first access point of a first sub-network of that network; using at least an address of the second access point of the second sub-network to transmit a transfer request from the sensor device to the second access point of the second sub-network; in response to receiving the transfer request from the sensor device, transmitting, from the second access point of the second sub-network, a second sub-network key to the sensor device; and using, at the sensor device, the second sub-network key to communicate with the second access point.
Claims20
A method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting network access point data from a hub device of a network to a sensor device of the network, the sensor device being in communication with a first access point of a first sub-network of the network, the network access point data including an address of a second access point of a second sub-network of the network and an operating channel of the second sub-network of the network;
- using at least the address of the second access point of the second sub-network and the operating channel of the second sub-network to transmit a transfer request from the sensor device to the second access point of the second sub-network;
- in response to receiving the transfer request from the sensor device, transmitting, from the second access point of the second sub-network, a second sub-network key to the sensor device;
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- using, at the sensor device, the second sub-network key to communicate with the second access point.
A sensor device comprising:
- programmable processing circuitry;
- a non-transitory storage medium coupled to the programmable processing circuitry;
- a sensor element configured to detect an ambient condition, the sensor coupled to the programmable processing circuitry;
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- a transceiver coupled to the programmable processing circuitry and configured to receive and transmit data via a network,
- wherein the programmable processing circuitry is configured to cause the sensor device to:
- transmit, via the transceiver, data to a first access point of a first sub-network of the network,
- receive, via the transceiver, network access point data from a hub device of a network, the network access point data including a unique global address of a second access point of a second sub-network of the network,
- use at least the unique global address of the second access point of the second sub-network, via the transceiver, a transfer request from the sensor device to the second access point of the second sub-network,
- in response to transmitting the transfer request, receive, via the transceiver, a second sub-network key from the second access point of the second sub-network, and
- use the second sub-network key to communicate, via the transceiver, with the second access point.
A system comprising:
- a hub device of a network;
- a first wireless access point coupled to the hub device and associated with a first sub-network of the network;
- a second wireless access point coupled to the hub device and associated with a second sub-network of the network;
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- a sensor device that includes programmable processing circuitry that is configured to cause the sensor device to:
- transmit data to the first access point of the first sub-network,
- receive network access point data from the hub device of a network, the network access point data including a unique global address of the second access point of the second sub-network,
- use at least the unique global address of the second access point of the second sub-network to transmit a transfer request from the sensor device to the second access point of the second sub-network,
- in response to transmitting the transfer request, receive a second sub-network key from the second access point of the second sub-network, and
- use the second sub-network key to communicate with the second access point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.