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

Claim 0:
1. A method for associating a new gathering node in a distributed wireless communication network conforming to one of the IEEE 802.11 standards, comprising at least one gathering node that includes an existing gathering node, each 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 associated with said gathering wireless network and, the method being executed by a management node of the communication network and comprising:
receiving, from a first gathering node, a message comprising information that the new gathering node is to be associated,
sending, to each of the at least one gathering 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,
receiving, from a second gathering node different from the first gathering node, a message indicating that the new gathering node is associated with the existing gathering node via the association radio-frequency interface,
determining a first validation of association of the new gathering node,
sending 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.