Patent ID: 9712383
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing embedded instructions that are executed by one or more mechanisms implemented within an access point to perform a plurality operations comprising: transmitting, by an access point in a plurality of access points to other access points in the plurality of access points, an Internet Protocol (IP) address conflict check request to determine if any of the other access points are using a particular IP address within a reserved address space; in response to the particular IP address being used by one of the other access points: selecting, by the access point, a second IP address with the reserved address space for self-assigning to the access point; in response to the particular IP address not being used by one of the other access points: self-assigning, by the access point, the particular IP address within the reserved address space; communicating with the other access points using the particular IP address within the reserved address space for control path communications; and communicating with the other access a different IP address that is externally assigned and outside the reserved address space while operating as a virtual network controller for the plurality of access points.