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

Claim 0:
1. 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 timing measures comprises use of coordinated peer DHCP lease resolution, and wherein the use of coordinated peer DHCP lease resolution comprises:
determining when the mobile access point (MAP) is within a plurality of mobile access points moving in sequence; and
when one mobile access point of plurality of mobile access points succeeds in connecting to a Wi-Fi access point, negotiating by the one mobile access point DHCP leases on behalf of one or more other ones of the plurality of mobile access points.