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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2004
Sanjay M. Gidwani, Saratoga, CA (US);
Sanjay M. Gidwani, Saratoga, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A wireless network having control plane segregation is described herein. In one embodiment, an exemplary network architecture includes, but is not limited to, multiple access points coupled to a wired network, where each of the access points is capable of communicating with one or more mobile nodes over a wireless network. The exemplary network architecture further includes a controller coupled to the access points over the wired network, where the controller maintains network traffic information of the wireless network and communicates the network traffic information with the access points to enable the access points to cooperate with each other to provide network services to the one or more mobile nodes over the wireless network. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.