Patent ID: 8122506

Claim:
A method, performed by one or more components of a node in a wireless network, the method comprising: detecting, by the one or more components, a first packet associated with a wireless access device and transmitted via the wireless network; determining, by the one or more components, a type of the first packet; determining, by the one or more components, an identity of at least one device in communication with the wireless access device; defining, by the one or more components, a first state of operation, of the wireless access device, corresponding to the type of the first packet and the identity of the at least one device; detecting, by the one or more components, a second packet associated with the wireless access device and transmitted via the wireless network; determining, by the one or more components, a type of the second packet; determining, by the one or more components, one or more source devices and/or one or more destination devices of the second packet; defining, by the one or more components, a current state of operation, of the wireless access device, corresponding to the type of the second packet and the one or more source devices and/or the one or more destination devices; identifying, by the one or more components and when the first state of operation differs from the current state of operation, a state change for the wireless access device; and generating, by the one or more components, an event notification indicating the identified state change.