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Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2009
Applicants:

Patrice R. Calhoun, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Joshua Glenn Broch, San Jose, CA (US);

Robert B. O'hara, Jr., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Patrice R. Calhoun, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Joshua Glenn Broch, San Jose, CA (US);

Robert B. O'Hara, Jr., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to facilitating roaming and client handoffs in wireless networks. In one implementation, the present invention is directed to a coordination mechanism facilitating handoffs of wireless clients in a wireless network infrastructure. In one implementation, the coordination mechanism minimizes the use of group- or multi-casting to provide a scalable wireless network roaming infrastructure.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Calhoun, Patrice. (2011). Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating client handoffs in wireless network systems (U.S. Patent No. 7917146). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7917146

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