Patent ID: 9408061
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a foreign access point, an association request from a client device that is initially associated with a home access point, wherein the foreign access point is connected to a first uplink switch and the home access point is connected to a second and different uplink switch, wherein the client device is assigned to a first wireless virtual local area network (VLAN) by the home access point, the first wireless VLAN corresponding to a first service set identifier (SSID) uniquely associated with the home access point; identifying, by the foreign access point, the first wireless VLAN to which the client device was previously assigned; configuring, on the foreign access point, the first wireless VLAN corresponding to the first SSID uniquely corresponding to the home access point; transmitting, via the foreign access point, traffic to or from the client device on the first wireless VLAN while transmitting traffic to or from at least another client device on a second and different wireless VLAN, the at least another client device being associated with the foreign access point, and the second and different wireless VLAN corresponding to a second SSID uniquely corresponding to the foreign access point.