Patent ID: 8243650
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of securing a communication path of a client device by an access point device for a wireless LAN, the access point device connecting the client device in the wireless LAN to a wired LAN, the method comprising: monitoring a connection between the access point device and the wired LAN; if the monitored connection between the access point device and the wired LAN is not normal, transmitting to an adjacent access point device a portal request indicating a request for serving as a proxy connection node accessing the wired LAN; if the monitored connection between the access point device and the wired LAN is not normal, implementing a process as a relay node between the adjacent access point device and the client device; and when the access point device receives a portal request from the adjacent access point device, implementing a process as the proxy connection node indicated by the portal request sent from the adjacent access point device if the monitored connection between the access point device and the wired LAN is normal, wherein the access point device