| US 7,512,689 B2 | ||
| Plug and play networking architecture with enhanced scalability and reliability | ||
| Ylian Saint-Hilaire, Hillsboro, Oreg. (US); Bryan Y. Roe, Camas, Wash. (US); and Nelson F. Kidd, Tigard, Oreg. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 02, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/610,825. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0005013 A1, Jan. 06, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—227 [709/220; 709/221; 709/222; 709/235; 709/248; 709/250; 370/310] | 23 Claims |
| 1. A method of communicating discovery information, comprising:
initializing a plug and play network device by obtaining an address for the plug and play network device;
generating a notification message for the plug and play network device, the notification message enabling the device to announce
a presence of the plug and play network device on the network;
adapting the notification message to increase network reliability based on an access point of the network being associated
with a wireless connection to the plug and play network device by formatting the notification message according to a protocol
that provides for error correction of unicast messages and transmitting a single copy of the notification message toward the
access point over the wireless connection in unicast; and
adapting the notification message to increase network scalability based on the access point being associated with a congested
environment with regard to discovery traffic by configuring the notification message to include an instruction for the access
point to respond to search messages on behalf of the plug and play network device.
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