Access point groupings bridging tunneled traffic for a communication network

摘要

An apparatus and method for access point groupings bridging tunneled traffic for a communication network, includes a first step of associating each access point with a location parameter. A next step includes grouping access points in accordance with the location parameter. A next step includes receiving a packet. A next step includes bridging the packet between Layer-2 tunnels of all access points that are part of a grouping.

主权项

1. A method for access point groupings bridging tunneled traffic for a communication network, comprising:
associating each access point with a location parameter; grouping access points in accordance with the location parameter, wherein the access points of the grouping have Layer-2 tunnels established to two different concentrators of a Network Operations Center; receiving a packet; and bridging the packet between Layer-2 tunnels of all access points that are part of the grouping, wherein the location parameter of one access point is embedded in a multicast Wireless Network Management Protocol roam notification packet received from the one access point by an associated concentrator, and the location parameter is relayed to the other concentrator that is operable to extract the location parameter from the packet and bridge the packet to any of its access points that can be grouped in accordance with the location parameter.