Cisco Technology, Inc.

Sambasivam Valliappan

Navindra Yadav

Atul Mahamuni

Thomas Jeffrey Enderwick

Shashi Kumar

Bora A Akyol

Aji Joseph

Azim Ozakil

Peirong Feng

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a communication from an endpoint device at a network access device located within a data path between the endpoint device and a network, identifying a network admission control policy for the endpoint device, enforcing at the network access device, the network admission control policy for traffic received from the endpoint device, and forwarding at the network access device, traffic from the endpoint device to the network in accordance with the network admission control policy. An apparatus is also disclosed.

Integration of network admission control functions in network access devices

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Sambasivam Valliappan