EP 4079013 A1 20221026 - IMPROVED SWITCHING BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACCESS POINTS SHARING THE SAME VIRTUAL ACCESS POINT IDENTIFIER

Title (en)

IMPROVED SWITCHING BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACCESS POINTS SHARING THE SAME VIRTUAL ACCESS POINT IDENTIFIER

Title (de)

VERBESSERTE UMSCHALTUNG ZWISCHEN PHYSIKALISCHEN ZUGRIFFSPUNKTEN, DIE DIESELBE VIRTUELLE ZUGRIFFSPUNKTKENNUNG GEMEINSAM NUTZEN

Title (fr)

BASCULEMENT AMELIORE ENTRE POINTS D'ACCES PHYSIQUES PARTAGEANT LE MEME IDENTIFIANT DE POINT D'ACCES VIRTUEL

Publication

EP 4079013 A1 20221026 (FR)

Application

EP 20845189 A 20201214

Priority

FR 1915206 A 20191220
FR 2020052405 W 20201214

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2021123582A1] Improved switching between physical access points sharing the same virtual access point identifier. The invention relates to a method for managing the switching of a terminal (STA) between a plurality of physical access points (AP1, AP2) to a Wi-Fi network, a virtual access point identifier (LVAP) dedicated to the terminal being assigned by a controller (CTL) to a first physical access point (AP1), the terminal associating with the first physical access point by a first connection using the virtual access point identifier, the method comprising at the first access point:  transmitting (1003), from the first physical access point to the controller, information relating to the capabilities of the terminal,  receiving (1010) an order to switch from the first connection to a second connection established between the terminal and a second physical access point (AP2) of the plurality using the same virtual access point identifier, the first and the second connections being adapted to the capabilities of the terminal.

IPC 8 full level

H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 36/18 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H04W 8/22 (2013.01 - EP US); H04W 48/18 (2013.01 - EP US); H04W 84/12 (2013.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2021123582 A1 20210624; CN 115053550 A 20220913; CN 115053550 B 20240507; EP 4079013 A1 20221026; FR 3106950 A1 20210806; US 2023034345 A1 20230202

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 2020052405 W 20201214; CN 202080095125 A 20201214; EP 20845189 A 20201214; FR 1915206 A 20191220; US 202017786895 A 20201214