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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anupam Wadhawan, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajini Balay, Fremont, CA (US);
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure discloses a system and a method for conveying information using broadcast frames. Specifically, a network device detects a first wireless signal comprising a beacon frame transmitted by an access point in a network. The network device then identifies a radio Frequency (RF) channel indicated in the beacon frame. Responsive to identifying the RF channel in the beacon frame, the network device selects the RF channel to convey information to one or more network elements using a broadcast frame. Moreover, the network device transmits the broadcast frame to the one or more network elements. Note that, the broadcast frame includes information corresponding to a detected second wireless signal.