AP tracking sniffer aware Wi-Fi network

US10700956B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jie Jiang · San Jose, US
• Vishal Satyendra Desai · San Jose, US
• Kasi Nalamalapu · Cupertino, US
• Manoj Gupta · Bengaluru, IN
• Ramadhasan Thangachamy · Sunnyvale, US
• Venkatesh Kanagasabapathy · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 19, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 30, 2020
• Expiry date: Apr 29, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L43/18
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus, computer program product, and method relating to identifying and configuring an access point (AP) as a network sniffer. A network controller identifies a plurality of sniffer targets for which at least one of a plurality of sniffer candidate access points an act as a network sniffer. The controller receives a desired sniffer target. The controller selects a first AP, of the plurality of sniffer candidate APs, for use as a network sniffer, based on the identified plurality of sniffer targets and the desired sniffer target. The controller configures a radio in the first AP as a network sniffer to monitor network traffic related to the desired sniffer target.