Patent ID: 8867507

Claim:
A method for transporting wireless message traffic comprising: deploying a plurality of mobility switches in a mobility domain, the mobility switches defining a data plane of the mobility domain and having a coupling to a mobility controller in a control plane of the mobility domain, the data plane performing routing and switching for user data traffic; receiving, by a mobility agent in each mobility switch, from the mobility controller, a topology indicative of connectivity between the mobility switches, the mobility controller computationally independent from the routing and throughput operations in each of the mobility switches; identifying, from the received topology, a set of mobility switches of the plurality of mobility switches with which to establish connectivity; identifying, at each mobility switch, a link to least one access point or other mobility switch for establishing communication with a mobility device, the mobility device corresponding to a user; wherein the topology includes a mobility switch table, each of the mobility agents responsive to the mobility switch table via a mobile control protocol, the mobility switch table defining a topology by identifying, for each mobility switch, a set of other mobility switches to establish connections to; receiving, at an access point, a request from a mobile device to establish wireless communications with the mobility domain; identifying a mobility switch corresponding to the access point; and defining a virtual LAN (VLAN) indicative of a port mapping from the mobility switch to the access point and an RF (radio frequency) link between the access point and the mobile device, the VLAN defining a broadcast domain from the mobility switch to the mobile device.