METHOD FOR CENTRAL PLANNING AND DISTRIBUTED CONTROL OF CLIENT ROAMING AND REASSOCIATION
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    发明公开
    METHOD FOR CENTRAL PLANNING AND DISTRIBUTED CONTROL OF CLIENT ROAMING AND REASSOCIATION 审中-公开
    程序对中央计划和客户端的分布式控制和漫游重新关联

    公开(公告)号:EP1794669A2

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-13

    申请号:EP05793324.4

    申请日:2005-09-12

    IPC分类号: G06F7/00

    CPC分类号: H04W24/00 H04W8/00

    摘要: A technique for network planning that includes an interface for guiding a network user through the network allocation process, such as defining groups of clients based on their capabilities. Portions of the wireless local area network infrastructure, e.g., access points, are allocated among the groups. When a client attempts to associate with an access point, the access point determines the client capabilities. If the client is supported by the access point, the access point allows the client to associate and sends the client a message that contains a prioritized list of other nearby access points allocated to service that client, otherwise the access point sends a prioritized roaming list of nearby access points to the client that are allocated to serve that type of client. Feedback is provided by the network infrastructure enabling a network user or the network to automatically reallocate resources based on the feedback.