Patent ID: 11924904
Assignee: VENIAM, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A method for supporting dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) optimization for Wi-Fi connectivity in a network of moving things, the method comprising:
managing Wi-Fi connectivity of mobile access point (MAP) configured for deployment within a vehicle, the managing comprising applying in one or both of the mobile access point (MAP) and a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server:
one or more timing measures for shortening an amount of time needed to obtain a DHCP lease associated with at least one of a plurality of Wi-Fi access points in the network; and
one or more optimization measures for optimizing at least one parameter used by the mobile access point (MAP) to secure a DHCP lease for connecting to a particular Wi-Fi access point from the plurality of Wi-Fi access points;

wherein applying the one or more optimization measures comprises use of DHCP micro-leases, and wherein the use of DHCP micro-leases comprises:
estimating by the mobile access point (MAP) predicted time for connecting to a Wi-Fi access point based on context information; and
based on predicted time, requesting a very short DHCP lease, wherein the very short DHCP lease is limited to only required connection time, and avoiding the very short DHCP lease is setup without use of the DHCP server.