US2010128634A1PendingUtilityA1

Protocol for configuring a wireless network

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Assignee: MILLENNIAL NET INCPriority: Jun 5, 2003Filed: Sep 22, 2009Published: May 27, 2010
Est. expiryJun 5, 2023(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Sokwoo RheeSheng Liu
H04W 40/248H04W 40/246Y02D30/70H04W 40/10
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Abstract

A target device joins a wireless network by attempting to locate an existing routing device in a predefined neighborhood of the wireless network, designating the existing routing device as a master routing device if the existing routing device is located in the predefined neighborhood, where the master routing device is a primary recipient of data from the target device, and attempting to locate endpoint devices in the predefined neighborhood if the existing routing device is not located in the predefined neighborhood.

Claims

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1 . A method, performed by a target device, to join a wireless network, the method comprising:
 attempting to locate an existing routing device in a predefined neighborhood of the wireless network;   designating the existing routing device as a master routing device if the existing routing device is located in the predefined neighborhood, the master routing device being a primary recipient of data from the target device; and   attempting to locate endpoint devices in the predefined neighborhood if the existing routing device is not located in the predefined neighborhood.   
     
     
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