Patent ID: 11910454
Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. An existing gathering node of a distributed wireless communication network conforming to one of the IEEE 802.11 standards, the existing gathering node comprising at least one radio-frequency module adapted for a radio-frequency interface configuration, the existing gathering node comprising a radio tag, the radio tag comprising information on parameterising of an association wireless network, the existing gathering node of the communication network comprising at least one access-point and/or user radio-frequency interface of a gathering wireless network associated with a communication network and an access-point radio frequency interface of a user wireless network associated with the communication network, a gathering network identifier and a gathering security key being associated with said gathering wireless network, the existing gathering node being adapted for, following a powering up:
sending, to a management node of the communication network, a message comprising information that a new gathering node is to be associated,
receiving, from the management node in the communication network, a command to activate an association radio-frequency interface, said command allowing an activation of a wireless association network different from the gathering wireless network and from the user wireless network characterised by a predetermined network identifier called association network identifier, and
sending, to the management node, a message indicating that the new gathering node is associated with the existing gathering node via the association radio-frequency interface,
wherein the management node determines a first validation of association of the new gathering node, and sends to the new gathering node information on parameterisings comprising at least information necessary for an association of the new node with the gathering wireless network of the communication network responsive to the association being validated, said information on parameterisings comprising said gathering network identifier and said gathering security key.