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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Pradeep Iyer, Cupertino, CA (US);
Santashil Palchaudhuri, Kolkata, IN;
Inventors:
Pradeep Iyer, Cupertino, CA (US);
Santashil Palchaudhuri, Kolkata, IN;
Assignee:
ARUBA NETWORKS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
When an access point (AP) is first powered up, it lacks provisioning information such as channel numbers, power levels, SSIDS, security settings, and so on. The process of supplying this information required to get the AP operating as part of a network is called provisioning. An unprovisioned AP in a swarm first attempts to obtain a DHCP address. Once it gets a DHCP address or selects an address such as from the link-address (169.254.xx.xx) group, it advertises a predetermined wireless SSID.