Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Unifying local and mobility network identifiers
- Patent Title (中): 统一本地和移动网络标识符
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Application No.: US12776897Application Date: 2010-05-10
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Publication No.: US08477775B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Seemant Choudhary , Kumara Das Karunakaran , Shashi H. Ankaiah , Balachander Rajakondala
- Applicant: Seemant Choudhary , Kumara Das Karunakaran , Shashi H. Ankaiah , Balachander Rajakondala
- Applicant Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Assignee: Avaya Inc.
- Current Assignee: Avaya Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Agency: Anderson Gorecki & Rouille LLP
- Main IPC: H04W40/00
- IPC: H04W40/00 ; H04L12/56

Abstract:
In a mobility domain providing wired and wireless network transport to an enterprise or campus environment, a mobility switch maps a logical network identifier, such as a VLAN ID, to a “home” or wired network VLAN ID so that a mobile device is mapped to the wired VLAN for user identification, IP address consistency, and network policy enforcement. Propagation of the mapping to mobility switches ensures that a roaming user is mapped to the wired network VLAN from a remote L2 switch, and mobility tunnels across L3 boundaries allow roaming into a different broadcast domain or L3 switch connectivity in the mobility domain. Users are assigned to mobility VLAN(s) which are mapped to a VLAN in the wired domain at a mobility switch. The wireless users can roam within the wireless enterprise, or mobility domain, and the network maintains access to the user assigned mobility VLAN(s).
Public/Granted literature
- US20100290398A1 Unifying Local and Mobility Network Identifiers Public/Granted day:2010-11-18
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