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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. 24, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 07, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US);

Robert E. Barton, Richmond, CA;

Bart A. Brinckman, Nevele, BE;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 60/06 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 36/0022 (2013.01); H04W 60/06 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02);
Abstract

Techniques for trusted roaming between identity federation based networks. A first wireless access point (AP) receives a roaming request from a wireless station (STA), to roam from the first AP to a second AP. The first AP is associated with a first access network provider (ANP), the second AP is associated with a second ANP, and the first ANP is different from the second ANP. Authentication information relating to the STA is transmitted from the first ANP to the second ANP using a trusted connection. The trusted connection was previously established between the first ANP and the second ANP based on a query to an identity federation to which both the first and second ANP belong. The STA is de-associated from the first AP. The STA is re-associated at the second AP using the transmitted authentication information.


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