Patent ID: 9622157
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for grouping a node, comprising: receiving a group joining request sent from a first node; sending a first grouping poll to each node in a first set of nodes based on the group joining request, wherein the first set of nodes is composed of a grouped node in nodes served by an Access point (AP); receiving a first grouping acknowledgement sent from each node in a second set of nodes, wherein the second set of nodes is composed of a node that monitors the group joining request in the first set of nodes; receiving a two-way neighbor node list sent from the first node, wherein the two-way neighbor node list comprises a third set of nodes, and the third set of nodes is composed of a node corresponding to the first grouping acknowledgement monitored by the first node; and grouping the first node based on the two-way neighbor node list.