| CPC H04W 24/04 (2013.01) [H04W 48/18 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
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1. A method for wireless communication performed by an access point (AP), wherein the AP is wirelessly connected with one or more staions (STAs) on a first communication channel, the method comprising:
determining that a network configuration will be updated;
transmitting a first message to the one or more STAs for requesting a transition from the first communication channel to a second communication channel, wherein the second communication channel comprises one of another frequency band of the AP, a backup communication channel of the AP, or an available communication channel of another AP;
determining that an updating of a network configuration is completed, and
transmitting a second message to the one or more STAs for requesting a transition from the second communication channel to the first communication channel,
wherein the AP or a neighboring AP maintains a wireless connection with the one or more STAs on the second communication channel during the updating of the network configuration,
wherein the transmitting the first message to the one or more STAs for requesting the transition from the first communication channel to the second communication channel comprises, in response to the neighboring AP being in a mesh network as the AP, transmitting the first message to the one or more STAs for requesting a transition from the first communication channel to an available communication channel of the neighboring AP as the second communication channel.
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