Patent ID: 8385291

Claim:
A method for configuring a network, the method comprising: receiving, by a control point radio node, network information identifying a first radio node in the network, wherein the first radio node is configured to communicate with the control point radio node, and wherein the control point radio node is configured for a connection with a mobile device; receiving, by the control point radio node, a network relation table of the first radio node, wherein the network relation table of the first radio node comprises information identifying one or more second radio nodes in the network that are within a communication range of the first radio node; wherein the one or more second radio nodes are out of a communication range of the control point radio node; updating a network relation table of the control point radio node with (i) the network information identifying the first radio node, and (ii) the network relation table of the first radio node; and initiating a handoff of the connection with the mobile device, from the control point radio node to one of the one or more second radio nodes, using the network relation table of the control point radio node.