Patent ID: 8532070

Claim:
A method for handoff of a wireless client from a first switch to a second switch in a wired network, the first and second switches in communication with a plurality of access points, the method comprising: receiving data from the wireless client at the second switch via one of the access points following an inter-switch roam; transmitting from the second switch, a request for a route update for the wireless client to the wired network, in response to said received data; prior to network convergence for said route update, receiving at the second switch, data traffic destined for the wireless client from the first switch and forwarding said data traffic to the wireless client; receiving information identifying other switches in a proximity group; and transmitting context information for the wireless client from the second switch to said other switches in said proximity group, wherein said other switches in said proximity group are in communication with access points located within a specified radio frequency range of at least one of the access points in communication with the second switch.