US 8,509,726 B2 · Troubleshooting link and protocol in a wireless network

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to facilitating troubleshooting wireless connectivity issues in a wireless network. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, either a diagnostic supplicant in the wireless client or a diagnostic manager initiates a troubleshooting protocol between the diagnostic supplicant and the diagnostic manager over a diagnostic link in response to one or more events. In one embodiment, after the diagnostic supplicant establishes a link to a diagnostic manager via a diagnostic link, the diagnostic supplicant generates and transmits a problem report to the diagnostic manager. The problem report initiates a troubleshooting protocol between the diagnostic manager and the diagnostic supplicant.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A wireless access point comprising:

one or more processors;
a memory;
a wireless network interface;
a wireless access point application, physically stored in the memory, comprising instructions operable to cause the one or more processors and the wireless access point to
establish a diagnostic link between a diagnostic supplicant of a wireless client and a diagnostic manager in response to a failed attempt by the wireless client to establish connectivity to a wireless network;
advertise one or more access parameters of the diagnostic link;
and
forward messages between the diagnostic supplicant and the diagnostic manager.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/232,348Filed 14 Sep 2011 · division

Priority

17 Feb 2006

Published

US 2012/0002553 A15 Jan 2012

Granted

13 Aug 2013

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

H04W 24/00
Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
H04L 41/06
Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks: management of faults,…
H04L 41/344
Signalling channels for network management communication: out-of-band transfers
H04L 43/0811
By checking availability: by checking connectivity

Troubleshooting link and protocol in a wireless network

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Claims8