Patent ID: 9100215
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a network device, a first packet from a first wireless station which is a member of a first virtual local area network (VLAN) and a second packet from a second wireless station which is a member of a second VLAN; determining, by the network device, whether, the first packet is associated with a first predefined application or network protocol and the second received packet is associated with a second predefined application or network protocol; delivering, by the network device, the first packet to a first dedicated VLAN which is accessible only to network devices associated with the first predefined application or network protocol and the second received packet to a second dedicated VLAN which is accessible only to network devices associated with the second predefined application or network protocol; wherein the first and second VLANs are associated with a VLAN pool, the VLAN pool is a group of VLANs each of which is divided from a common address space; and wherein each of the first and second dedicated VLANs specific to an application or network protocol corresponds to a distinct address space that is outside an address space of the VLAN pool.