Patent ID: 8908706

Claim:
A method for an additional wireless access point to wirelessly connect to a best candidate wireless access point, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of individual broadcast beacons by an additional wireless access point from a plurality of individual wireless access points, wherein each of the plurality of individual wireless access points transmits a unique beacon; authenticating by the additional wireless access point advertisement information in each unique beacon; transmitting a probe request from the additional access point to each of the plurality of individual wireless access points by the additional wireless access point; receiving a probe response by the additional wireless access point from each of the plurality of individual wireless access points; measuring a mean received signal strength of each of the plurality of individual wireless access points; calculating a weight for each of the plurality of individual wireless access points, wherein the calculation of the weight of any particular wireless access point includes the measured mean received signal strength from that particular wireless access point; selecting the wireless access point with a largest weight as the best candidate wireless access point; and connecting to the best candidate wireless access point with the largest weight by the additional wireless access point.