Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Troubleshooting link and protocol in a wireless network
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Application No.: US13232348Application Date: 2011-09-14
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Publication No.: US08509726B2Publication Date: 2013-08-13
- Inventor: Timothy S. Olson , Jeevan Shashikant Patil , David Sheldon Stephenson , Robert B. O'Hara, Jr.
- Applicant: Timothy S. Olson , Jeevan Shashikant Patil , David Sheldon Stephenson , Robert B. O'Hara, Jr.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00

Abstract:
Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to facilitating troubleshooting wireless connectivity issues in a wireless network. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, either a diagnostic supplicant in the wireless client or a diagnostic manager initiates a troubleshooting protocol between the diagnostic supplicant and the diagnostic manager over a diagnostic link in response to one or more events. In one embodiment, after the diagnostic supplicant establishes a link to a diagnostic manager via a diagnostic link, the diagnostic supplicant generates and transmits a problem report to the diagnostic manager. The problem report initiates a troubleshooting protocol between the diagnostic manager and the diagnostic supplicant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120002553A1 Troubleshooting Link and Protocol in a Wireless Network Public/Granted day:2012-01-05
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