Patent · US Active

System and method for centralized station management

US7969937B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22References

16Claims

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Assignee

Aruba Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

Pradeep Iyer · Cupertino, US
Partha Narasimhan · Saratoga, US
Merwyn Andrade · San Jose, US
John Richard Taylor · Lapeer, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 2004
Grant date	Jun 28, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 17, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/12
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment of the invention, a wireless network is adapted with a wireless network switch in communication with a plurality of access points, which are in communication with one or more stations. Coupled to the access points over an interconnect, the wireless network switch is adapted to receive a DEAUTHENTICATION message sent by one of the plurality of access points in the same coverage area of the station so as to detect the DEAUTHENTICATION message and to block communications between the plurality of access points and the station in response to determining that the DEAUTHENTICATION message is invalid.

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