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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Shahriar I. Rahman, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/04 (2009.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 84/22 (2009.01); H04W 88/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04L 41/082 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04W 24/04 (2013.01); H04W 84/22 (2013.01); H04W 88/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, system, and logic for upgrading mesh points of a wireless mesh network. One method includes maintaining a mesh topology data structure containing information on the tree topology of a wireless mesh network. The method further includes using a tree-walking method to send an upgrade message to the root access point and to each other mesh point in the wireless mesh network until each mesh point has received the upgrade message. Receiving the upgrade message enables the receiving mesh point to upgrade according to the contents of the upgrade message without necessarily disrupting the mesh network.