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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2022
Tencent America Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul Spencer Dawkins, Garland, TX (US);
Rohit Abhishek, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Arianne Hinds, Palo Alto, CA (US);
TENCENT AMERICA LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is performed by a network node connected to one or more additional network nodes via a local area network (LAN). The network node and the one or more additional network nodes form a cloud. The method includes setting a first timer to a first value, the first timer being associated with determining whether one of the one or more additional network nodes is an active controller in the cloud. The method includes starting the first timer. The method includes determining, before the first timer expires, whether a first message that indicates the one of the one or more additional network nodes is the active controller is received. Based on determining the first message is received before the first timer expires, the method includes synchronizing with the one of the one or more additional network nodes that is the active controller, and restarting the first timer.