Patent ID: 9019944
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for diagnosing an error encountered in response to an attempt to newly add a first wireless device to a wireless communication network having a plurality of components selected from wireless devices, access points, and routers, the method comprising acts of: providing a diagnostic tool on one of the plurality of components of the wireless communication network; embedding into a communication protocol a description of the error encountered in response to the attempt to newly add the first wireless device to the wireless communication network; transmitting the embedded description over the wireless communication network using the communication protocol; the diagnostic tool receiving and analyzing the description of the error embedded into the communication protocol and determining a cause of the error and an associated solution, wherein the communication protocol is in compliance with IEEE 802.11 and the description is embedded in a Probe Request Management Frame and is transmitted over the wireless communication network.