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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Carl Mower, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure discloses a system and method for providing guest WiFi authentication based on physical proximity to a dedicated access point in a guest wireless network. Specifically, a network device determines that a client device associated with a guest user is located within close physical proximity to a particular access point in a guest wireless network, and authenticates the client device for guest wireless network access based on its close physical proximity to the particular access point without requiring any guest user registration. In particular, the network device determines a first signal strength level of a wireless signal received from the client device by the particular access point, and determines that the first signal strength level exceeds a threshold. The threshold is based on difference between signal strength levels of the wireless signal received at the client device and at a distance corresponding to the close physical proximity.