US 11,930,079 B2
Wireless local area networks
Stephen McCann, Southampton (GB); Michael Peter Montemurro, Toronto (CA); and James Randolph Winter Lepp, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to Malikie Innovations Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed by MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/154,547.
Application 18/154,547 is a continuation of application No. 17/185,541, filed on Feb. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,570,251.
Application 17/185,541 is a continuation of application No. 15/969,956, filed on May 3, 2018, granted, now 10,965,757, issued on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156087 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04W 12/04 (2021.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 67/12 (2013.01) [H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 52/0203 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a plurality of network controllers; and
a wireless local area network (WLAN) over which at least a first network controller and a second network controller of the plurality of network controllers are to communicate, the second network controller to store device profiles and credentials,
wherein a link between the first network controller and the second network controller through the WLAN is a synchronized link,
wherein the first network controller is to be powered off in response to the vehicle powering off, and the second network controller to store the device profiles and the credentials remains operational when the vehicle is powered off wherein the first network controller comprises a first clock to produce a first oscillating signal, and the second network controller comprises a second clock to produce a second oscillating signal, wherein the synchronized link is based on the second oscillating signal having transition edges that are aligned in time with transition edges of the first oscillating signal, and
wherein the first network controller comprises a first clock to produce a first oscillating signal, and the second network controller comprises a second clock to produce a second oscillating signal having transition edges that are aligned in time with transition edges of the first oscillating signal.
 
18. A method comprising:
communicating, by a plurality of network controllers in a vehicle, over one or more synchronized links of a wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein the plurality of network controllers comprise a first network controller and a second network controller, and wherein the first network controller comprises a first clock producing a first oscillating signal, and the second network controller comprises a second clock producing a second oscillating signal having transition edges that are aligned in time with transition edges of the first oscillating signal;
storing, in the second network controller, device profiles and credentials;
powering off the first network controller responsive to the vehicle powering off; and
maintaining the second network controller storing the device profiles and credentials operational when the vehicle is powered off.