Patent ID: 9258702
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a processor coupled to a memory and that is configured to execute a dynamic switching module; and the dynamic switching module implemented in a non-transitory computer readable medium, and configured to be coupled to a radio and a station switching record (SSR) database storing an SSR associated with a first wireless station that is operatively coupled to an access point (AP) that defines a first virtual access point and a second virtual access point; the dynamic switching module configured to send a signal such that (1) when the first wireless station is operatively coupled to the first virtual access point, traffic received by the radio from the first wireless station is Layer 2 (L2) switched locally via the first virtual access point to a second wireless station connected to the AP, and (2) when on the first wireless station is operatively coupled to the second virtual access point, the traffic received by the radio from the first wireless station is L2 tunneled upstream via the second virtual access point to the second wireless station, the traffic including a priority characteristic of the first wireless station, the priority characteristic being associated with a sender of the traffic.