Patent ID: 9655151
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for operation of a wireless mesh access point, comprising: determining, by the wireless mesh access point, a candidate set of unique identifiers by monitoring for detection of a set of one or more wireless communications, each bearing a unique identifier; selecting, by the wireless mesh access point, a candidate unique identifier from the candidate set; establishing, by the wireless mesh access point, a wireless communication link with a controller of a wireless mesh network associated with the candidate unique identifier; transmitting, by the wireless mesh access point, a request to the controller to join the wireless mesh network associated with the candidate unique identifier; receiving, by the wireless mesh access point, a response from the controller indicating one of an acceptance of the request and a rejection of the request, wherein when the response indicates rejection of the request the response includes reason information indicating at least one reason why the request was rejected; and when the response indicates rejection of the request, the wireless mesh access point rejecting one or more unique identifiers in the candidate set in response to an analysis of the at least one reason.