Application-aware wireless network system and method

US7865713B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Trapeze Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Stan Chesnutt · Berkeley, US
• Jamsheed Bugwadia · San Jose, US
• Yun Freund · Cupertino, US
• Roy Gignac · San Jose, US
• Matthew Stuart Gast · San Francisco, US
• Dan Simone · Pleasanton, US
• Gary Eugene Morain · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 28, 2007
• Grant date: Jan 4, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W88/08
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A technique for dynamically responding to threats in a wireless network involves deploying a single network including APs capable of booting from a plurality of software images. Individual APs can switch (or be switched) between multiple sets of software so that network managers can select the AP software most appropriate for a given instance. For example, if a threat is detected, multiple APs can be switched to sensor mode to deal with the threat. As another example, all of the APs can be switched to sensor mode after hours. Alternatively, a server can provide the software image(s) needed for an AP to operate in accordance with a desired functionality.