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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2015
Applicant:

Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pankajkumar Chechani, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Sekhar Sumanth Gorajala Chandra, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/029 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 63/0892 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/021 (2013.01); H04W 76/022 (2013.01); H04W 76/025 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are described for a mobile hotspot that can be managed from an access controller. According to an embodiment, a mobile establishes a wide area network (WAN) connection through a wireless WAN module and establishes a wireless local area network (WLAN) connection with a wireless fidelity (WiFi)-enabled device using a first wireless access point (AP) profile, wherein the first AP profile is also used for multiple APs of an enterprise that are controlled by an access controller (AC). The mobile hotspot sets up a secure tunnel with the AC through the WAN connection. After receiving WLAN traffic from the WiFi-enabled device through the WLAN connection, the WLAN traffic is transmitted to the AC through the secure tunnel.


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