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Select on of anchor controllers for client devices within a network environment

US9306801B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 24, 2014
Grant dateApr 5, 2016
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Expiry dateJun 3, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/12
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the invention, a non-transitory computer readable medium for improving the scalability and redundancy of a wireless communications network. One embodiment of the non-transitory computer readable medium comprises instructions that configure a first controller, of a plurality of controllers, as a primary controller for maintaining data associated with each particular device of a plurality of devices, for each particular device of the plurality of devices, select a respective secondary controller, from the plurality of controllers, for maintaining data associated with that particular device based on a respective identifier associated with that particular device, subsequent to selecting the secondary controller for each particular device of the plurality of devices, detect an error associated with the first controller, and responsive to detecting the error associated with the first controller, establish the secondary controller selected for each particular device, based on the respective identifier, as the primary controller for that particular device.

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