Access Point Service Set Connection Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods fail to effectively manage connections between client devices and access points over service sets, leading to potential misconnection with public service sets instead of private service sets, which may compromise security and service delivery.
Innovation Solution
An access point maintains a list of client devices associated with private service sets and denies public service set connection attempts from these devices for a predetermined number of attempts or a specified period, encouraging reconnection to the private service set.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an access point broadcasts both private and public service sets, then client devices can access both encrypted and unencrypted networks, but client devices may incorrectly connect to public service sets instead of private service sets
Solution Approach 1:
The access point proactively prevents incorrect connections by denying public service set connection attempts from client devices that are already associated with private service sets. This preliminary anti-action stops the potential misconnection before it occurs, resolving the contradiction between maintaining service set accessibility and ensuring connection accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where the access point monitors client device associations and uses this information to make real-time connection decisions. By tracking which client devices are associated with private service sets, the access point can dynamically control public service set access, ensuring that authenticated devices connect to the appropriate service set.
2Ease of operation
If an access point allows public service set connections for all client devices, then network accessibility is maximized, but security and service integrity are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The access point applies different connection policies to different client devices based on their association status. Client devices associated with private service sets receive restricted access to public service sets, while other devices maintain full access. This localized differentiation resolves the contradiction between maximizing network accessibility and preventing security risks.
3Reliability
If an access point denies public service set connections from private service set clients, then security and service integrity are improved, but client devices may lose network access
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of allowing public service set connections and then trying to redirect clients, the system inverts the approach by proactively denying public service set access and guiding clients toward the appropriate private service set. This inversion ensures that clients with private service set credentials automatically connect to the correct network, maintaining both security and accessibility.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and computer readable media may be operable to facilitate the management of connections between one or more client devices and an access point over one or more service sets. An access point may maintain a list of client devices that have successfully associated with a private service set broadcast from the access point, and when a client device from the list attempts to connect to a public service set broadcast from the access point, the access point may deny the client device's attempt to connect to the public service set. Attempts by the client device to join the public service set may be denied for a predetermined number of attempts or a predetermined period of time. Denying an attempt to connect to a public service set may provide a client device with more opportunities to connect to a private service set broadcast from a corresponding access point.