Patent ID: 8379652

Claim:
A method for inheriting Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) policies, the method comprising: detecting a roaming mobile unit, roamed from a first VLAN, in a second VLAN; requesting VLAN policies from a first mobility switch in the first VLAN over a mobility tunnel constructed to the first mobility switch in the first VLAN; receiving the VLAN policies over the mobility tunnel from the first mobility switch in the first VLAN; applying the VLAN policies from the first mobility switch in the first VLAN in the second VLAN; in a plurality of mobility switches, for each mobility switch, constructing a mobility tunnel to each other mobility switch in the plurality of mobility switches such that each mobility switch is connected to each respective other mobility switch in form of a mesh network of mobility tunnels; and in response to advertisements broadcast on the mesh network of mobility tunnels identifying mobility switches as VLAN servers for respective VLANs, recording each respective other mobility switch in the plurality of mobility switches as a potential VLAN server in its respective VLAN.