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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anil Kaushik, Marathalli Bangalore, IN;
Sirivatsan Sankaranarayanan, Bangalore, IN;
Vaduvur Bharghavan, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Sung-Wook Han, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joseph Epstein, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Berend Dunsbergen, San Jose, CA (US);
Saravanan Balasubramaniyan, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique for providing per station control of multiple stations in a wireless network across multiple access points. A look-up table that assigns a station connected to the access point and at least one communication parameter to each of a plurality of persistent, uniquely-assigned BSSIDs (Basic Service Set Identifiers) is stored. An access point responds to messages addressed one of the plurality of persistent, uniquely-assigned BSSIDs and ignores messages addressed to other BSSIDs. Persistence of the BSSID allows the controller to maintain individual control over each station after moving to a second access point of the plurality of access points. A frame comprising the plurality of BSSIDs corresponding to each connected station aggregated into the frame is generated. The frame is transmitted to the plurality of stations. Responsive to a station of the plurality of stations being handed-off to a different access point, a uniquely-assigned BSSID corresponding to the station is deleted from the look-up table.