Patent ID: 9078137
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: establishing, by a mobile hotspot, a wide area network (WAN) connection through a wireless WAN module; determining, by the mobile hotspot, which one of the first AP profile and a second AP profile of the mobile hotspot is to be used for establishing a wireless local area network (WLAN) connection with a wireless fidelity (WiFi)-enabled device, wherein the first AP profile is the same as an AP profile for APs that are controlled by an access controller (AC); establishing, by the mobile hotspot, the WLAN connection with the WiFi-enabled device using the determined AP profile; receiving, by the mobile hotspot, WLAN traffic from the WiFi-enabled device through the WLAN connection; when the determined AP profile is the first AP profile: when the determined AP profile is the second AP profile, transmitting the WLAN traffic from the WiFi-enabled device through the WAN connection of the mobile hotspot without having to set up the security tunnel.