United States Patent 10,122,579
Van Oost , et al. November 6, 2018
Automatic reconfiguration of network devices
Abstract
A solution for automatic reconfiguration of network devices adapted to switch from the role of access point to the role of station and vice versa. In order to prepare a first network device for automatic configuration in the network, a profile of a second network device connected to said first network device via a network is received. The profile comprises access point credentials of the second network device. The received profile is compared with existing profiles stored in a memory of said first network device and is stored in said memory, if necessary. In case at a later time a role change of the first network device is determined, the stored profile is retrieved from the memory and used for connecting the first network device to the second network device.
Inventors:
Van Oost; Koen (Borsbeek, BE), Verwaest; Frederik (Mol, BE)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
THOMSON LICENSING
Issy de Moulineaux
N/A
FR
Assignee:
INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS (Paris, FR)
Family ID:
1000003634317
Appl. No.:
14/650,732
Filed:
December 2, 2013
PCT Filed:
December 02, 2013
PCT No.:
PCT/EP2013/075248
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
June 09, 2015
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2014/090622
PCT Pub. Date:
June 19, 2014
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160191315 A1 Jun 30, 2016
Foreign Application Priority Data
Dec 11, 2012 [EP] 12306562
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 41/0816 (20130101); H04L 41/0856 (20130101); H04L 67/303 (20130101); H04W 12/04 (20130101); H04L 65/4076 (20130101); H04W 84/12 (20130101)
Current International Class: G06F 15/177 (20060101); H04L 29/08 (20060101); H04L 29/06 (20060101); H04W 12/04 (20090101); H04L 12/24 (20060101); H04W 84/12 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;709/221
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