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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan W. Hui, Belmont, CA (US);
Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Saint Martin d'Uriage, FR;
Wei Hong, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04W 40/32 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04W 40/32 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a device identifies inter-personal area network (PAN) traffic between a first PAN and a second PAN. The device identifies a network node in the first PAN associated with the inter-PAN traffic and determines that the network node should join the second PAN. The device causes the network node to join the second PAN, in response to determining that the network node should join the second PAN.