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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2012
Applicants:
Partha Narasimhan, Saratoga, CA (US);
Merwyn Andrade, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Partha Narasimhan, Saratoga, CA (US);
Merwyn Andrade, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 20/71 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method comprises detecting, by a wireless network switch, a new association between an access point and a wireless station. Thereafter, a first message is transmitted from the wireless network switch. The first message is adapted to cause the access point to (i) join a multicast group to which the wireless station is a member and (ii) transmit a multicast message directly to a multicast router without routing the multicast message via the wireless network switch.