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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2006
Gnanaprakasam Pandian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Navindra Yadav, San Jose, CA (US);
Sheausong Yang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Bhanu Gopalasetty, San Jose, CA (US);
Senthil Arunachalam, Fremont, CA (US);
Gnanaprakasam Pandian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Navindra Yadav, San Jose, CA (US);
Sheausong Yang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Bhanu Gopalasetty, San Jose, CA (US);
Senthil Arunachalam, Fremont, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for handoff of a wireless client from a first network device to a second network device in a wired network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving data from a new wireless client at the second network device and transmitting a request for a route update for the new wireless client to the wired network. Prior to network convergence for the route update, data traffic for the new wireless client is received from the first network device and forwarded to the new wireless client. Context information for the new wireless client is transmitted from the second network device to other network devices in a proximity group of the second network device.