FIELD: information technology.
SUBSTANCE: in a wireless communication system, which includes a station (STA), having a basic service set (BSS) timer and communicating with a mesh access point (MAP), and a network management (NM) element, the MAP and NM element include a mesh timer, the method and a device for coordinating time matching involve the station STA sending a message with BSS timer information to the MAP, where the said message includes BSS timer values. The MAP receives the message with BSS timer information and modifies that message. The MAP then sends the modified message to the NM element.
EFFECT: facilitating network management over a transit network through a WLAN with an 802,11 mesh structure.
35 cl, 7 dwg
