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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sandeep Unnimadhavan, Bangalore, IN;
Santashil PalChaudhuri, West Bengal, IN;
ARUBA NETWORKS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure discloses a method and network device providing distributed network layer mobility for unified access networks. The method eliminates the need for a secure tunnel between a home network device and a foreign network device when a client roams from the home network device to the foreign network device. The disclosed network device receives an association request from a client device in a wireless network; identifies a first wireless virtual local area network (VLAN) that the client device is assigned to; and, allows traffic to or from the client device to be transmitted via the network device on the first wireless VLAN, wherein traffic on at least a second wireless VLAN is transmitted via the network device and segregated from the traffic on the first wireless VLAN.