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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2023
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Anubhav Gupta, Navi Mumbai, IN;
Venkata Ramchandra Murthy Jonnalagadda, Fremont, CA (US);
Rajesh Kumar Ganapathy Achari, Perumbavoor, IN;
Venkatesh Ramachandran, Bengaluru, IN;
Anoop Kumaran Nair, Thrikkakara, IN;
Rajarao Bhagya Prasad Nittur, Milpitas, CA (US);
Krishna Prabhakar, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Client devices in the same device group may use the same group-specific key to perform a key exchange operation with access point(s) to obtain network access. A network access management server may provide centralized management of different device groups each being associated with a different group-specific key during the life cycles of the device groups. An access point may communicate with the network access management server to obtain the group-specific key to assist in authenticating network access of a connecting client device.