Integration of network admission control functions in network access devices

US9071611B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Navindra Yadav · San Jose, US
• Atul Mahamuni · San Jose, US
• Azim Ozakil · San Jose, US
• Bora Akyol · Park Village, US
• Peirong Feng · Sunnyvale, US
• Thomas Jeffrey Enderwick · San Francisco, US
• Aji Joseph · San Jose, US
• Shashi Kumar · San Jose, US
• Sambasivam Valliappan · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 23, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 30, 2015
• Expiry date: May 22, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/0892
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a communication from an endpoint device at a network access device located within a data path between the endpoint device and a network, identifying a network admission control policy for the endpoint device, enforcing at the network access device, the network admission control policy for traffic received from the endpoint device, and forwarding at the network access device, traffic from the endpoint device to the network in accordance with the network admission control policy. An apparatus is also disclosed.