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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2017
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sachin Ganu, San Jose, CA (US);
Ken Kaho Chan, San Jose, CA (US);
Partha Narasimhan, Saratoga, CA (US);
Pradeep Iyer, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a system and computer-readable storage medium for storage of software directed to the management of associations between network devices is described. The computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by at least one hardware processor on a network device, causes performance of operations, comprising: (1) determining a desired operating state for a client device under analysis, the client device being associated with a first network device of a plurality of network devices; (2) detecting it a triggering event has occurred based on a comparison of the desired operating state for the client device under analysis to an actual operating state for the client device under analysis; and (3) in response to detecting that the triggering event has occurred, causing the client device to wirelessly connect to a second network device of the plurality of network devices in lieu of the first network device.