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Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2014
Applicant:

Tropos Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Danu Tjahjono, Dublin, CA (US);

Rafiq Shaikh, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Wenge Ren, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

ABB Inc., Cary, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 63/029 (2013.01); H04L 63/164 (2013.01); H04W 12/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods and apparatuses of establishing an IPsec (Internet Protocol Security) VPN (Virtual Private Network) tunnel are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by a wireless mesh network access point, a user configuration, wherein the user configuration includes a type of traffic, determining an internal interface of the wireless mesh network access node based on the type of traffic, dynamically determining a local endpoint address for the IPsec VPN tunnel based on the selected internal interface, establishing the IPsec VPN tunnel through the selected internal interface of the wireless mesh network access node, and encapsulating non-IP packets of non-IP traffic within IP packets.


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