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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2009
Shankar Kambat Ananthanarayanan, JP Nagar III Phase, IN;
Ravinder Verma, Varthur Hobli, IN;
Shankar Kambat Ananthanarayanan, JP Nagar III Phase, IN;
Ravinder Verma, Varthur Hobli, IN;
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Synchronization of mobile multicast membership in a wireless network. A controller supports one or more wireless access points, each of which supports wireless clients. A Mobility Manager (MM) in the controller monitors wireless client activity. The controller establishes an IGMP proxy which intercepts IGMP messages from wireless clients and handles the IGMP messages on clients' behalf. When a wireless client wishes to join a multicast, the client's IGMP join message is intercepted by the controller IGMP proxy, and the controller IGMP proxy joins the multicast for the client. The Mobility Manager observes the actions of the IGMP proxy. If a client moves from its home agent (HA) controller to a different foreign agent (FA) controller, the Mobility Manager in the FA controller locates the Mobility Manager in the HA controller and receives information on the client including information on any multicast streams the client is receiving. The Mobility Manager in the FA controller uses this information to have its own IGMP proxy join the required multicast, and send the multicast stream to the client.