ASSOCIATING AND SECURITIZING DISTRIBUTED MULTI-BAND LINK AGGREGATION DEVICES

1 . A device, the device comprising:

memory and processing circuitry configured to:

cause to send at least one beacon to at least one device;

identify at least one probe request received from the at least one device;

cause to send at least one probe response to the at least one device;

identify at least one association request received from the at least one device;

cause to send at least one association response to the at least one device;

cause to send at least one handshake request to the at least one device;

identify at least one handshake response received from the at least one device;

cause to send a first multiband aggregation request to the at least one device, the first multiband aggregation request including a received signal strength indication (RSSI) threshold;

identify a multiband aggregation response received from the at least one device, the multiband aggregation response including at least one RSSI value;

cause to send association and security information associated with at least one second device to at least one third device;

cause to send a second multiband aggregation request to the at least one third device, the second multiband aggregation request including a management plane and data plane separation trigger; and

cause to send a data plane transition message to the at least one third device, the data plane transition message including a data plane transition trigger.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the first multiband aggregation request comprises an identification associated with the at least one second device.

3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the RSSI threshold corresponds to a trigger for the processing circuitry to cause to send the data plane transition message to the at least one third device.

4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the first multiband aggregation request comprises at least one parameter associated with establishing a first link between the device and the at least one first device, and establishing a second link between the at least one second device and the at least one third device.

5 . The device of claim 4 , wherein the first link corresponds to a management plane link, and management data is transferred to the at least one first device using the management plane link.

6 . The device of claim 5 , wherein the management data is transferred to the at least one first device on a 5 Gigahertz (GHz) frequency and data plane data is transferred to the at least one second device on a 60 Gigahertz GHz frequency.

7 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the RSSI value is greater than the RSSI threshold.

8 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver configured to send and receive wireless signals.

9 . The device of claim 8 , further comprising an antenna coupled to the transceiver.

10 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

causing to send at least one beacon to at least one device;

identifying at least one probe request received from the at least one device;

causing to send at least one probe response to the at least one device;

identifying at least one association request received from the at least one device;

causing to send at least one association response to the at least one device;

causing to send at least one handshake request to the at least one device;

identifying at least one handshake response received from the at least one device;

causing to send a first multiband aggregation request to the at least one device, the first multiband aggregation request including a received signal strength indication (RSSI) threshold;

identifying a multiband aggregation response received from the at least one second device, the multiband aggregation response including a RSSI value;

causing to send association and security information associated with at least one second device to at least one third device;

causing to send a second multiband aggregation request to the at least one third device, the second multiband aggregation request including a management plane and data plane separation trigger; and

causing to send a data plane transition message to the at least one third device, the data plane transition message including a data plane transition trigger.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first multiband aggregation request comprises the identification associated with the at least one second device.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the RSSI threshold corresponds to a trigger for the processor to cause to send the data plane transition message to the at least one third device.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first multiband aggregation request comprises at least one parameter associated with establishing a first link between the device and the at least one first device, and establishing a second link between the at least one second device and the at least one third device.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the first link corresponds to a management plane link, and management data is transferred to the at least one first device using the management plane link.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the RSSI value is greater than the RSSI threshold.

16 . A method comprising:

causing to send at least one beacon to at least one device;

identifying at least one probe request received from the at least one device;

causing to send at least one probe response to the at least one device;

identifying at least one association request received from the at least one device;

causing to send at least one association response to the at least one device;

causing to send at least one handshake request to the at least one device;

identifying at least one handshake response received from the at least one device;

causing to send a first multiband aggregation request to the at least one second device, the first multiband aggregation request including a received signal strength indication (RSSI) threshold;

identifying a multiband aggregation response received from the at least one second device, the multiband aggregation response including a RSSI value;

causing to send association and security information associated with at least one second device to at least one third device;

causing to send a second multiband aggregation request to the at least one third device, the second multiband aggregation request including a management plane and data plane separation trigger; and

causing to send a data plane transition message to the at least one third device, the data plane transition message including a data plane transition trigger.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the first multiband aggregation request comprises the identification associated with the at least one second device.

18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the RSSI threshold corresponds to a trigger for causing to send the data plane transition message to the at least one third device.

19 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the first multiband aggregation request comprises at least one parameter associated with establishing a first link between the device and the at least one first device, and further comprising establishing a second link between the at least one second device and the at least one third device.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the first link corresponds to a management plane link, and management data is transferred to the at least one first device using the management plane link.