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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2020
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Domenico Ficara, Essertines-sur-Yverdon, CH;
Ugo Mario Campiglio, Morges, CH;
Amine Choukir, Lausanne, CH;
Sachin Dinkar Wakudkar, St-Sulpice, CH;
Javier Ignacio Contreras Albesa, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Presented herein are techniques to manage a wireless local area network. A method includes defining a plurality of geographical zones corresponding to a geographical area that is serviced by a common service set identifier for a wireless local area network, assigning a pre-shared key to a mobile station based on the plurality of geographical zones, wherein the pre-shared key is associated with predetermined policies for a user of the mobile station, associating a media access control address of the mobile station with the pre-shared key, and controlling access of the mobile station to the wireless local area network based on the predetermined policies.