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US 8,009,587 B2Granted
System and method of discovery of wireless control device
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsAndrey L. Tsigler, Kishore B. Padmanabha, Dana L. Fowler, Murali K. Policharla
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a wireless infrastructure node configured to receive a discovery message from a wireless control device, and reply to the wireless control device with a connection request if the wireless infrastructure node is not statically assigned to another wireless control device and the wireless infrastructure node is not being managed by another wireless control device.
Claims14
A wireless infrastructure node comprising:
- at least one programmable processor;
- and
- at least one memory device configured to store instructions for execution by the at least one programmable processor, the instructions and at least one programmable processor being configured to cause the wireless infrastructure node to:
- receive a discovery message from a wireless control device;
- determine whether:
- the wireless infrastructure node is not statically assigned to another wireless control device;
- and
- the wireless infrastructure node is not being managed by another wireless control device;
- and
- reply to the wireless control device with a connection request if:
- the wireless infrastructure node is not statically assigned to another wireless control device;
- and
- the wireless infrastructure node is not being managed by another wireless control device.
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