Mobile hotspot managed by access controller

摘要

Systems and methods are described for a mobile hotspot that can be managed from an access controller. According to an embodiment, a mobile establishes a wide area network (WAN) connection through a wireless WAN module and establishes a wireless local area network (WLAN) connection with a wireless fidelity (WiFi)-enabled device using a first AP profile, wherein the first AP profile is the same as an AP profile for APs that is controlled by an access controller (AC). The mobile hotspot sets up a security tunnel with the AC through the WAN connection. After receiving WLAN traffic from the WiFi-enabled device through the WLAN connection transmitting, the mobile hotspot routes the WLAN traffic to the AC through the security tunnel.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
establishing, by a mobile hotspot, a wide area network (WAN) connection through a wireless WAN module; determining, by the mobile hotspot, which one of the first AP profile and a second AP profile of the mobile hotspot is to be used for establishing a wireless local area network (WLAN) connection with a wireless fidelity (WiFi)-enabled device, wherein the first AP profile is the same as an AP profile for APs that are controlled by an access controller (AC); establishing, by the mobile hotspot, the WLAN connection with the WiFi-enabled device using the determined AP profile; receiving, by the mobile hotspot, WLAN traffic from the WiFi-enabled device through the WLAN connection; when the determined AP profile is the first AP profile:
setting up, by the mobile hotspot, a security tunnel with the AC through the WAN connection; andtransmitting, by the mobile hotspot, the WLAN traffic to the AC through the security tunnel; and when the determined AP profile is the second AP profile, transmitting the WLAN traffic from the WiFi-enabled device through the WAN connection of the mobile hotspot without having to set up the security tunnel.