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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Crestron Electronics, Inc., Rockleigh, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Ludlow, Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);
Alina Geormaneanu, River Edge, NY (US);
Assignee:
Crestron Electronics Inc., Rockleigh, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04L 12/28 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device joining a wireless network performs a scan and acquire procedure to discover the optimal node in the desired network. The joining device scans all desired channels for a predetermined amount of time. During the scan, the joining device builds a table of discovered networks ranked and truncated according to proximity. Additionally, the joining device curates the list to ensure that only the optimal node from each network is listed. The joining device then attempts to join networks according to the table of discovered networks.