Patent ID: 7412245
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A dynamic wireless meshing network for supporting load balance and flow control, the wireless meshing network being implemented in a wireless distribution system (WDS) mode such that in response to sending a management frame having an information element (IE) from an access point (AP), each of other APs receiving the management frame is capable of automatically establishing a meshing of the wireless network in a wire network infrastructure based on information contained in a plurality of fields of the IE, the IE comprising: an Element ID field for storing an ID of the IE; a Length field for storing a total length of the IE; a Current Group ID (CGID) field for representing a group ID of the AP when the wireless meshing network performs such that other APs are adapted to be aware of whether a specific group exists and operates; a Role of AP field for representing a current role of the AP when the wireless meshing network performs; a Sequence field for representing a sequence number of a latest available IE and for indicating an existence of a specific group; a MACofRootAP field for representing a MAC value of a root AP in the group; and a hop count field for representing a sum of the number of wireless links and the number of wire links that the AP connected to the wire network wherein one of the wireless links and the wire links is a wire link and the remaining ones are wireless links.