Elimination of old IPV6 addresses from WLAN stations in DHCPV6 stateful mode after transitioning between VLANs
US11683680B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jun 20, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 27, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A Wi-Fi controller identifies a mismatch between a first prefix of a first IPv6 address for a data packet corresponding to a first VLAN on which the data packet was sent from the station to the access point, and a prefix of a second IPv6 address for a second VLAN from which the data packet was transmitted from the access point to the Wi-Fi controller. Responsive to the VLAN mismatch identification, the Wi-Fi controller transmits a DHCP reconfiguration packet to the station using the first VLAN. The DHCP reconfiguration packet causes the station to transmit a rebind packet to the DHCP server. The rebind packet causes the DHCP server to transmit an ACK frame on the first VLAN setting the valid lifetime for the first IPv6 address to zero.
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