Patent ID: 7616605
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a wireless distribution system, the method comprising: starting a building procedure and beginning to broadcast a building information by a target node, wherein the building information comprises a media access control (MAC) address of the target node; starting a scanning procedure by a joining node, to obtain and lock the target node; sending a connect request signal to the target node by the joining node; selecting an available link by the target node if the target node has at least one or more available links, assigning the selected link to the joining node and then sending a connect acknowledge signal to the joining node; if the target node has no available link to be assigned to the joining node, a ConnectRes(Fail) signal is sent by the target node to the joining node, and the target node and the joining node can not communicate with each other.