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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2006
William D. Erdman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeremy Stieglitz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Patrick Che' Gilbreath, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ian Foo, Raleigh, NC (US);
William D. Erdman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeremy Stieglitz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Patrick Che' Gilbreath, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ian Foo, Raleigh, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for selectively controlling traffic in a network to improve network performance. The system includes a network controller that includes a first control-traffic prioritizer. An Access Point (AP) includes a second control-traffic prioritizer and communicates with the network controller. One or more clients communicate with the AP. The communications behavior of the client is affected by operations of the first control-traffic prioritizer and the second control-traffic prioritizer.