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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020

Filed:

May. 02, 2019
Applicant:

Trapeze Networks, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);

Inventors:

James Murphy, Alameda, CA (US);

Gary Eugene Morain, San Jose, CA (US);

Stan Chesnutt, Berkeley, CA (US);

Assignee:

Trapeze Networks, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/22 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 88/14 (2009.01); H04W 8/08 (2009.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 40/02 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/12 (2018.02); H04W 84/22 (2013.01); H04W 8/082 (2013.01); H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A technique for implementing AP-local dynamic switching involves Layer 2 switching. This may be accomplished by providing data associated with wireless stations to an AP sufficient to enable the AP to determine whether traffic from a particular wireless station should be locally switched. Alternatively, the wireless station may be able to determine whether to locally switch traffic based upon the traffic itself. For example, it may be desirable to AP-locally switch voice traffic to avoid latency, which is particularly detrimental to voice transmissions such as voice-over-IP. Traffic that is not to be switched locally is Layer 2 tunneled upstream.


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