CPC H04W 12/06 (2013.01) [H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 40/02 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/12 (2018.02); H04W 84/22 (2013.01); H04W 8/082 (2013.01); H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/14 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at an access point (AP), a signal from an untethered access point (UAP), the signal associated with an attempt by the UAP to associate with the AP;
associating the UAP with the AP in response to a determination that a backhaul service set identifier (SSID) matches a local backhaul SSID of the UAP; and
transmitting a station-switching record (SSR) to the UAP after the UAP is associated with the AP, the SSR enabling the UAP to determine between (1) switching traffic, locally at the UAP, upstream to a switch and (2) switching the traffic via a UAP mesh that has a plurality of UAPs (i) operatively coupled to each other and the switch and (ii) including the UAP.
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