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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2023
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Pascal Thubert, Roquefort les Pins, FR;
Srinath Gundavelli, San Jose, CA (US);
Amine Choukir, Lausanne, CH;
Domenico Ficara, Essertines-sur-Yverdon, CH;
Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Combloux, FR;
Patrick Wetterwald, Mouans Sartoux, FR;
Eric Levy-Abegnoli, Valbonne, FR;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a supervisory device in a network notifies, via an access point of the network, a node as to an ability of the network to support virtual access points. The supervisory device receives, in response to notifying the node, information from the node regarding characteristics of the node. The supervisory device selects, based on the characteristics of the node, a plurality of access points in the network to form a virtual access point with which the node may communicate. The supervisory device configures the plurality of access points to function as the virtual access point, wherein the node communicates with the network via the virtual access point.