Patent ID: 8213362
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for a node to join a wireless ad-hoc network, comprising: invoking a permit-to-join command on an input unit of a target node to start a joined procedure of the target node; sending a join request message by a new node to start the join procedure of the new node; starting a permit-to-be-joined timer; determining whether the permit-to-be-joined timer reaches a predetermined permit-to-be-joined time limit, and terminating the joined procedure of the target node if the permit-to-be-joined timer reaches the predetermined permit-to-be-joined time limit; sending a join response message by the target node and issuing a joined prompt on an indication unit of the target node, wherein when the new node receives the join response message, an indication unit of the new node issues a join prompt; determining whether the joined prompt of the target node and the join prompt of the new node are correspondingly issued; and if the joined prompt of the target node and the join prompt of the new node are not correspondingly issued, a reject-to-be-joined command is invoked on the input unit of the target node issuing the joined prompt to cancel the joined procedure of the target node, or a reject-to-join command is invoked on an input unit of the new node issuing the join prompt to cancel the join procedure of the new node.