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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2006
Allan Thomson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Bhautik Doshi, Fremont, CA (US);
Emilio Maldonado, San Jose, CA (US);
Madhavi Vulpala, Fremont, CA (US);
Allan Thomson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Bhautik Doshi, Fremont, CA (US);
Emilio Maldonado, San Jose, CA (US);
Madhavi Vulpala, Fremont, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes storing, in a data store, a physical network model of a network environment, the network environment comprising one or more central controllers and one or more access points each operative to associate with a central controller, the physical network model comprising one or more region objects, each region object corresponding to a physical region of the network environment, each region object further including one or more radio frequency (RF) coverage maps, each RF coverage map defining a location of one or more access points and RF properties of a physical space; receiving a first mapping definition between a location server and a one or more region objects of the physical network model; receiving a second mapping definition between the location server and one or more central controllers; transmitting the one or more region objects in the first mapping definition to the location server; and configuring the location server and the one or more central controllers in the second mapping definition to interoperate.