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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2025
Frontier Communications Holdings, Llc, Dallas, TX (US);
Steven Smith, Keller, TX (US);
Bryan Pauling, Rochester, NY (US);
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
The techniques described herein are directed to automatically configuring a wireless device (e.g., an extender or other type of CPE) to connect with and communicate with a wireless router without utilizing any in-line user pairing or input. The techniques include detecting the presence of a wireless device, determining that the wireless device is expected based on stored information (which may have been provisioned into the router), and configuring, based on the determination and the stored information, the router and/or the wireless device to communicate with each other. The router and/or the wireless device may validate the wireless device based on the stored information. A wireless device which has an established connection with the router may utilize the techniques described herein so that a chain of interconnected wireless devices may be automatically detected and auto-configured to provide wireless connectivity and service data delivery throughout a service location.