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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2011
Alexandros Moisiadis, Stow, MA (US);
Mohnish Anumala, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alexandros Moisiadis, Stow, MA (US);
Mohnish Anumala, Cupertino, CA (US);
Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product for forming a tiered Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) server topology is presented. A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) having a plurality of Mobile Virtual Local Area Network (MVLAN) servers is broken into a plurality of zones, each zone including at least one MVLAN server. An Identifier (ID) is assigned to each zone. A MVLAN server in each zone is designated as a MVLAN gateway server, wherein MVLAN servers within a zone communicate with each other within the zone, wherein the MVLAN servers within a zone communicate directly with the MVLAN gateway sever within the zone, wherein MVLAN gateway servers communicate directly with each other, and wherein a MVLAN server within a first zone communicates with a MVLAN server in a second zone by way of the MVLAN gateway sever of the first zone and the MVLAN gateway server of the second zone.