Wireless mesh network timed commit provisioning

A method of Network Management System (NMS) managing a wireless mesh network comprising:

• the NMS storing wireless configuration parameters in cells within the wireless mesh network;
• the NMS sending a commit command and a commit delay time to the cells, the commit delay allowing the NMS to determine whether any of the cells did not receive the commit command before execution of the commit command;
• the NMS sensing failed reception of the commit command;
• and
• the NMS aborting the commit command if a failure is sensed.

A managed wireless network comprising:

• a network management system (NMS);
• a plurality of gateways in communication with the NMS;
• a plurality of access node in wireless communication with the gateways, the access node providing clients with data paths through the gateways to upstream networks;
• the NMS operable to:
• storing configuration parameters in gateways and access node within the wireless network;
• sending a commit command and a commit delay time to the gateways and access nodes, the commit delay allowing the NMS to determine whether any of the cells did not receive the commit command before execution of the commit command;
• sensing failed reception of the commit command;
• and
• aborting the commit command if a failure is sensed.

A wireless network management system (NMS) comprising:

• means for storing configuration parameters in gateways and access node within the a wireless network;
• means for sending a commit command and a commit delay time to the gateways and access nodes, the commit delay allowing the NMS to determine whether any of the cells did not receive the commit command before execution of the commit command;
• means for sensing failed reception of the commit command;
• and
• means for aborting the commit command if a failure is sensed.

A network management product comprising a computer program, the computer program operable to control a network, when executed, that computer program causing the network to:

• store configuration parameters in gateways and access node within the a wireless network;
• send a commit command and a commit delay time to the gateways and access nodes, the commit delay allowing the NMS to determine whether any of the cells did not receive the commit command before execution of the commit command;
• sense failed reception of the commit command;
• and
• abort the commit command if a failure is sensed.