Patent ID: 8634327
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of performing a channel switch in a mesh network, carried in a first Mesh Point (MP), the method comprising: configuring a peer link between the first MP and a second MP; and transmitting a mesh channel switch announcement frame from the first MP to the second MP, wherein the mesh channel switch announcement frame comprises a new regulatory class field, a new channel number field, and a precedence indicator field, wherein the new regulatory class field indicates the number of a new regulatory class after the channel switch, wherein the new channel number field indicates the number of a new channel to which the first MP is moving, wherein the precedence indicator field is set to a channel precedence value, and wherein the second MP ignores the received channel switch announcement when a current channel precedence value of the second MP is greater than the channel precedence value.