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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2003
Ed H. Frank, Atherton, CA (US);
Richard Martin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Ed H. Frank, Atherton, CA (US);
Richard Martin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the invention provide a system and method for bandwidth management in a hybrid wired/wireless local area network. A method for bandwidth management in a hybrid wired/wireless local area network may include receiving from a first access point and/or a first switch, a first messaging protocol message for establishing a communication session. Responsive to the first messaging protocol message, an available communication bandwidth is determined for at least a portion of the hybrid wired/wireless local area network and bandwidth is allocated to accommodate the communication session. The first access point may be notified of the allocation of bandwidth using a second messaging protocol message. The first messaging protocol message may be received by a second switch and/or a second access point. Bandwidth usage information may be requested from the first access point and/or the first switch using the first messaging protocol message.