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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Sonicwall Us Holdings Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SonicWALL Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 92/20 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04L 63/061 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 92/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to embodiments of the invention, a first wireless access point discovers a second wireless access point, the first wireless access point tunes its radio and privacy settings, without user input, based upon parameters automatically exchanged in response to the discovery of the second wireless access point, and a secure direct wireless connection is established between the first and second wireless access points using the radio and privacy settings. Adding the first wireless to an existing mesh network includes a determination of the best available direct wireless connection.