Patent ID: 8493918
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G01S,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing communication to a plurality of wireless client devices in a hybrid wired/wireless local area network, the method comprising: broadcasting, by a network device, a discovery message to a plurality of access points within the hybrid wired/wireless local area network to discover the plurality of wireless client devices within a wireless portion of the hybrid wired/wireless local area network; receiving, by the network device, responses to the discovery message from each of said plurality of access points, at least two of said access points reporting, within said responses, a presence of a particular wireless client device within coverage areas thereof; and transmitting, by the network device, status request messages to said at least two access points that reported the presence of said particular wireless client device within said coverage areas thereof, each of said status request messages requesting a status of said particular wireless client device to determine a serving access point serving said particular wireless client device.