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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2011
Tash Hepting, Livermore, CA (US);
James Reeves, Orinda, CA (US);
Alireza Safari, Danville, CA (US);
Ahmet Tuncay, Danville, CA (US);
Tash Hepting, Livermore, CA (US);
James Reeves, Orinda, CA (US);
Alireza Safari, Danville, CA (US);
Ahmet Tuncay, Danville, CA (US);
Trapeze Networks, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a wireless access point controller configured to receive information associated with a topology of a network including information associated with which access switch from a set of access switches each virtual local area network (VLAN) from a set of VLANs is associated. The wireless access point controller is configured to associate each VLAN from the set of VLANs with a unique tunnel identifier from a set of tunnel identifiers. The wireless access point controller is configured to provide each wireless access point from a set of wireless access points control information including the set of tunnel identifiers such that a wireless access point from the set of wireless access points can send a data packet received from a wireless device to an access switch from the set of access switches associated with a destination VLAN from the set of VLANs using the tunnel identifier associated with the destination VLAN.