Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Hsiu-Wei Liu

Wei Peng Huang

Chunfeng Wang

Ben Dunsbergen

Jikui Pei

Raghunandan Prabhakar

Wei Huang

Rajini Balay

Shravan Kumar Vuggrala

Rishabh Gupta

An example apparatus can comprise a memory; a processor executing instructions stored in the memory to: receive a message from an AP requesting a role in a network; based on receiving the message, access a deployment policy; determine whether the deployment policy is defined for the AP; and based on determining that the deployment policy is defined for the AP, assign the role to the AP corresponding to the deployment policy and corresponding to at least one of a centralized system or a distributed system of the network.

AP deployment in a network comprising a centralized system and a distributed system

Systems and methods are provided for performing a live upgrade process of one or more devices (e.g., access points (APs), etc.) in a large scale network environment. For example, the system can use neighbor path loss data between the APs. The neighbor path loss data may identify the signal strength between two points as an indication of the ability to transmit power and receive power from the individual APs. When the ability to transmit and receive power is present in one AP is unavailable the user device may connect to a second AP to avoid losing connectivity. This neighbor path loss data may be utilized to perform a live upgrade process of APs in parallel at multiple locations of the user site.

System and method for seamless live upgrade of access points using neighbor data

Embodiments are directed to access point deployment in a network including a centralized system and a distributed system. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a memory and a processor executing instructions stored in the memory. The instructions include instructions to receive a message from an access point (AP) requesting a role in a network and, based on reception of the message, to access a deployment policy. The instructions further include instructions to determine whether the deployment policy is defined for the AP and, based on a determination that the deployment policy is defined for the AP, to assign the role to the AP corresponding to the deployment policy and corresponding to at least one of a centralized system or a distributed system of the network.

Example implementations relate to multi-connection access points. For example, an access point can include instructions to: establish a first connection to a first controller, wherein the access point receives configuration data from the first controller to generate a first virtual access point with the first controller; and establish a second connection to a second controller, wherein the access point receives configuration data from the second controller to generate a second virtual access point with the second controller.

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