1. A method of managing an equipment by a management device in a communications network, said management device managing a management information base in the form of referenced objects conforming to a reference specification, said equipment exchanging management data in the form of data structures indicated by patterns each of which corresponds to a respective referenced object and is assigned a respective identifier, wherein, for managing a given object, the management device and the equipment store same synchronization information associating the reference of the given object and the identifier of the corresponding pattern, said method comprising the following steps for managing the given object:
sending from the equipment to the management device the corresponding pattern to which the respective identifier is assigned and a data ticket having a structure indicated by said pattern and assigned said identifier;
translating the pattern received by the management device into the respective referenced object as a function of said synchronization information and then, on the basis of the translation, storing the data of the received ticket in the management information base of the device.
2. A method according to claim 1 further comprising the following the steps for managing the given object:
translating the management device by the given object into the respective pattern to which is assigned the respective identifier as a function of the synchronization information;
sending from the management device to the equipment, said pattern to which is assigned the respective identifier and at least a data ticket having a structure indicated by said pattern and to which is assigned said identifier;
receiving on the equipment and storing the data of the received ticket as a function of the pattern to which is assigned the same identifier as said ticket.
3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the synchronization information is received and stored on starting up the management device andor on starting up the equipment.
4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the synchronization information is received and stored periodically by the management device andor the equipment.
5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the equipment indicates synchronization information to the management device, respectively the management device indicates synchronization information to the equipment, in accordance with the following steps:
from the equipment, respectively from the management device, sending a synchronization pattern indicating a field relating to an object reference and another field relating to a pattern identifier and sending a synchronization ticket comprising said synchronization information;
storing the data from the synchronization ticket received by the management device, respectively by the equipment.
6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the equipment further manages management data in the form of objects to be managed referenced in accordance with the reference specification and, wherein before the sending step, the equipment also translates the object to be managed into the respective pattern to which is assigned a particular identifier as a function of the synchronization information.
7. A system for managing equipment in a communication network comprising a management device managing a management information base in the form of objects to be managed, said objects being referenced in accordance with a reference specification, and a managed equipment exchanging management data in the form of data structures indicated by patterns each corresponding to a respective referenced object and to which a respective identifier is being assigned, wherein the management device and the managed equipment each comprise:
a memory for storing synchronization information associating the identifier of a pattern and the reference of the corresponding object;
an interface unit for sending andor receiving a pattern assigned an identifier and a data ticket having a structure indicated by said pattern assigned said identifier; and
wherein the device further comprises:
a translator comprising means for to translating a received pattern into the respective referenced object as a function of the identifier of said pattern and said synchronization information.
8. A system according to claim 7, wherein the translator further comprises means for translating an object to be administered into a respective pattern assigned an identifier as a function of the synchronization information.
9. A translator comprising means adapted to operate in a management system according to claim 7.
10. A network management device for managing a management information base in the form of objects to be managed referenced in accordance with a reference specification, said device being adapted to manage an equipment exchanging management data in the form of data structures indicated by patterns each corresponding a respective referenced object and being assigned a respective identifier, said device comprising:
a memory for storing synchronization information associating the identifier of a pattern and the reference of a corresponding object;
an interface unit for sending andor receiving a pattern to which is assigned an identifier and a data ticket having a structure indicated by said pattern and assigned said identifier;
a translator for translating a received pattern into the respective referenced object as a function of the identifier of said pattern and the synchronization information.
11. A management device according to claim 10, wherein the translator is further adapted to translate an object to be managed into a respective pattern assigned a particular identifier as a function of the synchronization information.
12. A network equipment adapted to be managed by a management device managing a management information base in the form of objects to be managed, said objects being referenced in accordance with a reference specification;
an equipment exchanging management data in the form of data structures indicated by patterns each corresponding to a respective referenced object and to which a respective identifier is being assigned, said equipment comprising:
a memory for storing synchronization information associating the identifier of a pattern and the reference of a corresponding object; and
an interface unit for sending andor receiving a pattern assigned an identifier and a data ticket having a structure indicated by said pattern and assigned said identifier.
13. An equipment according to claim 12, wherein management data is managed in the form of objects to be managed referenced in accordance with the reference specification, said equipment further comprising a translator having means for translating an object to be managed into a respective pattern andor a respective pattern into an object to be managed, to said pattern being assigned an identifier.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method comprising:
determining if there is a better channel available for use in response to an indication associated with an arrival of a co-channel wireless network.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
notifying station(s) to change to a different channel.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
notifying station(s) to restrict a channel width set.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein notifying station(s) to restrict a channel width set comprises:
notifying station(s) to remove widths from a channel width set that are not present in a channel width set of the co-channel wireless network.
5. The method of either claim 2 or claim 3, wherein determining if there is a better channel available for use comprises:
searching for an unused channel.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein notifying station(s) comprises:
transmitting an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 compliant beacon.
7. An electronic appliance, comprising:
one or more dipole antenna(e);
one or more wireless network interface(s), coupled with the one or more dipole antenna(e), to communicate with other devices; and
a manager engine coupled with the wireless network interface(s), the manager engine to determine if there is a better channel available to use in response to an indication associated with an arrival of a co-channel wireless network.
8. The electronic appliance of claim 7, wherein the manager engine to determine if there is a better channel available to use comprises:
the manager engine to search for an unused channel.
9. The electronic appliance of claim 8, further comprising:
the manager engine to notify station(s) to change to a different channel.
10. The electronic appliance of claim 8, further comprising:
the manager engine to notify station(s) to restrict a channel width set.
11. A storage medium comprising content which, when executed by an accessing machine, causes the accessing machine to determine if there is a better channel available for use in response to an indication associated with an arrival of a co-channel wireless network.
12. The storage medium of claim 11, wherein the content to determine if there is a better channel available for use comprises content which, when executed by the accessing machine, causes the accessing machine to search for an unused channel.
13. The storage medium of claim 12, further comprising content which, when executed by the accessing machine, causes the accessing machine to notify station(s) to change to a different channel.
14. The storage medium of claim 12, further comprising content which, when executed by the accessing machine, causes the accessing machine to notify station(s) to restrict a channel width set.
15. The storage medium of either claim 13 or claim 14, wherein the content to notify station(s) comprises content which, when executed by the accessing machine, causes the accessing machine to transmit an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 compliant beacon.
16. An apparatus, comprising:
one or more dipole antenna(e);
one or more wireless network interface(s), coupled with the dipole antenna(e), to communicate with other devices; and
control logic coupled with the wireless network interface(s), the control logic to determine if there is a better channel available to use in response to an indication associated with an arrival of a co-channel wireless network.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the control logic to determine if there is a better channel available to use comprises control logic to search for an unused channel.
18. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising control logic to notify station(s) to change to a different channel.
19. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising control logic to notify station(s) to restrict a channel width set.
20. The apparatus of either claim 16 or claim 17, wherein the control logic to notify station(s) comprises control logic to transmit an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 compliant beacon.