ASSOCIATION UPDATE MESSAGE AND METHOD FOR UPDATING ASSOCIATIONS IN A MESH NETWORK

摘要

The present invention relates to association update messages for mesh networks in accordance with the IEEE 802.11s standard. Advantageously, the association update message according to the present invention advantageously includes a plurality of associations in an association update message, and thus allows simultaneous updating of a plurality of associations of said alternative nodes with respect to proxy nodes (proxy mesh stations) To provide the ability to guarantee. The threat mismatch in the association update according to the prior art that provides only one transmission of the association update message per association update is thereby eliminated. The proxy information field according to the present invention includes an identification field including a plurality of identification fields. The identification fields advantageously allow for structuring that is dependent on the information in the proxy information fields that is variable, i.e., transmitted, which also provides the ability to prevent duplicate information in the proxy information fields.