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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US);

Nancy Cam-Winget, Mountain View, CA (US);

Robert E. Barton, Richmond, CA;

Assignee:

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/45 (2021.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/45 (2021.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04L 63/1483 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

To improve adaptation of network infrastructure to address rotations performed by wireless client device, embodiments provide for an exchange of a stable machine identifier (SMI) between a network access device and an authentication service. Some embodiments define a new SMI attribute that is included in a authentication service access-request and/or access-accept message. When a network access device obtains an SMI for a particular wireless client device, the network access device passes the SMI to the authentication service. Similarly, if an authentication service obtains a SMI value for a wireless client device, this information is provided to a network access device.


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