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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2020
Sagemcom Broadband Sas, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Arnaud Frigout, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Stanislas Faye, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
A method and device for pairing a terminal with an access point of a wireless communication network, the network including access points or executing access points, the executing access points coordinate in a centralised manner by an access point fulfilling the manager function, or managing access point. The method includes: —a message received from an executing access point including information that a terminal wishes to pair with the access point; —for each executing access point, information is obtained representing at least one time slot wherein the executing access point is authorised to establish a WPS pairing session with the new terminal, each time slot being separate from the other; —a message is sent to each executing access point including at least the information representing the at least one time slot wherein the executing access point is authorised to establish a WPS pairing session with the new terminal.