Automatic configuration of a bridge terminal for transmitting data between a plurality of sub-networks in a local area network
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorYonggang Du
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Abstract
The invention relates to a local area network comprising a plurality of sub-networks and a plurality of bridge terminals, which bridge terminals are each provided for transmitting data between the terminals of a at least two sub-networks via a wireless medium. Once it has been put into operation, a bridge terminal determines the sub-networks that can be reached and establishes a list of groups that have each n elements as an identification for the sub-networks, from all the m sub-networks that can be reached, where m>n and n>1. The groups in the list are sorted according to a predefined criterion. The bridge terminal then connects the sub-networks whose identification occurs in the first group of the sorted list.
Claims11
A local area network comprising a plurality of sub-networks and a plurality of bridge terminals, which bridge terminals are each provided for transmitting data between the terminals of at least two sub-networks via a wireless medium, wherein a bridge terminal
- after being put into operation, is provided for determining the sub-networks that can be reached,
- for establishing a list of groups that have each n elements as an identification for the sub-networks, from all the m sub-networks that can be reached, where m>n and n>1, for sorting the groups in the list according to predefined criterion, wherein the predefined criterion is selected from the group consisting of a sum of the received average energies of a set of channel groups and a receiving quality of a set of channel groups, and for connecting the sub-networks whose identification is stated in the first group of the sorted list, and for synchronizing at least two sub-networks for the exchange of data, wherein
- a buffer holds a portion the data to be conveyed by a first sub-network of the at least two sub-networks until the bridge terminal is synchronized with a second of the at least two sub-networks.
A bridge terminal of a local area network comprising a plurality of sub-networks and further bridge terminals for transmitting data between the terminals of at least two sub-networks via a wireless medium, wherein a bridge terminal, after being put into operation, is provided for determining the sub-networks that can be reached, for establishing a list of groups that have each n elements as an identification for the sub-networks, from all the m sub-networks that can be reached, where m>n and n>1,
- for sorting the groups in the list according to a predefined criterion, wherein the predefined criterion is selected from the group consisting of a sum of the received average energies of a set of channel groups and a receiving quality of a set of channel groups, and for connecting the sub-networks whose identification is stated in the first group of the sorted list,
- wherein for synchronizing at least two sub-networks for the exchange of data, the bridge terminal includes a buffer for holding a portion of the data to be conveyed by a first sub-network of the at least two sub-networks until the bridge terminal is synchronized with a second of the at least two sub-networks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.