System and method for providing one or more application services

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a first network device, a first frame from a second network device, wherein the first frame includes an indicator indicating whether the second network device is capable of providing one or more application services, the second network device being capable of determining whether the one or more application services are located on the second network device, and in response to the one or more application services not being located on the second network device, the second network device being capable of registering the first network device with a third network device and obtaining the one or more application services from the third network device to provide the one or more application services to the first network device, wherein the one or more application services include wireless services for installing one or more of firmware and software upgrades on the first network device;
• in response to the indicator indicating that the second network device is capable of providing the one or more application services, transmitting from the first network device to the second network device a second frame including a request for the one or more application services;
• including one or more identifiers identifying the one or more application services in the request for the one or more application services;
• in response to transmitting the second frame including the request for the one or more application services, receiving the one or more application services from the second network device at the first network device;
• authenticating the first network device by the one or more application services prior to the second network device providing the one or more application services to the first network device;
• and
• providing, subsequent to the registration and authentication of the first network device by the one or more application services, the one or more application services from the second network device to the first network device without the second network device authenticating the first network device.