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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2019
Allied Telesis Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Allied Telesis Holdings K.k., Tokyo, JP;
Allied Telesis, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Shuval Polacheck, Shefayim, IL;
Jaehyuk Ryu, Kawasaki, JP;
ALLIED TELESIS, INC., Bothell, WA (US);
ALLIED TELESIS HOLDINGS K. K., Tokyo, JP;
ALLIED TELESIS HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for one or more hybrid access points, each hybrid access point comprising: an Ethernet port connecting the hybrid access point to one or more connected devices, where the Ethernet port is associated with an Ethernet-based media access control (MAC) address; one or more physical radios configured to transmit and receive wireless signals between the hybrid access point and one or more user devices; one or more virtual access points (VAPs) configured by the one or more physical radios, where the one or more VAPs comprise: at least one VAP configured to utilize a MAC layer of a multi-channel architecture (MCA); and at least one VAP configured to utilize a MAC layer of a channel blanket single-channel architecture (SCA); and a bridge connecting each VAP to the hybrid access point Ethernet port via the Ethernet-based MAC address.