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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/20 (2018.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 36/18 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0088 (2013.01); H04W 4/20 (2013.01); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04W 36/18 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Off channel scanning on workgroup bridge (WGB) devices for fast roaming may be provided. First, it may be determined, by a first WGB, that a second WGB is not off-channel. The second WGB may be peered with the first WGB. Next, the first WGB may perform channel scanning in response to determining that the second WGB is not off-channel. The first WGB may then prioritize a first WGB channel list based on results from the channel scanning performed by the first WGB. Next, the first WGB may roam while the second WGB in not off-channel, from a first access point to a second access point on a channel with the highest priority in the first WGB channel list.