Patent ID: 7738470

Claim:
A system for effecting a fast and automatic self-forming meshing topology integration with wired networks comprises: applying a management frame in a wireless distribution system (WDS) mode based on the management frame defined in IEEE 802.11 standard; adding an information element (IE) in the management frame such that a first wireless point (AP) is required to maintain the IE based on its own setting and state; the first AP sending the IE via the management frame for providing state of the first AP under the WDS mode; enabling a second AP to be aware of conditions of the first APs in the WDS mode and to determine whether a physical link should be established therewith based on the received management frame; and carrying out a real time maintenance of said physical link if it has been established; wherein in response to powering on the first AP, the first AP regularly broadcasts a probe request frame having a Hello IE, the probe request frame adapted to declare the first AP for supporting the system and to send out the first AP's current state in real time, all other APs supporting the system are adapted to receive the probe request frame and each AP is capable of analyzing information provided by the Hello IE and storing real time information in a bridge table (BT), at the same time a probe response frame is sent back as a reply to the probe request frame from the first AP after the second AP receiving the probe request frame, a negotiation between the first and second APs is conducted, and wherein whether a wireless link between the first and second APs should be established is determined after finishing the negotiation; wherein a probe request frame is sent between the first and the second APs regularly by broadcasting such that any two APs supporting the system are capable of determining whether a wireless link exists, and a new meshing topology is capable of being established via a rapid spanning tree protocol (RSTP); wherein fields of the Hello IE comprises a default group ID (DGID) for representing an AP having a chance of highest priority of joining a predetermined group under the system; a current group ID (CGID) for representing an AP joining predetermined group under the system; a default role (DR) for representing an AP having a chance of highest priority of playing a role in a predetermined group under the system; a current role (CR) for representing an AP playing a predetermined role under the system; and an AP device name (ADN) for representing a device name of the AP; and wherein each of the APs comprises a transit state representing a state when the AP is powered on or is not in a steady state due to trigger in certain conditions; and a stead state representing the AP remains in a stead condition after fulfilling certain needs.