US 12,294,858 B2
Methods and apparatus for performing access and/or forwarding control in wireless networks such as WLANS
Randall Frei, San Jose, CA (US); Sujai Hajela, Saratoga, CA (US); Guy Goldstone, Palm Harbor, FL (US); Nicolas Dade, Santa Cruz, CA (US); and Linker Cheng, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on May 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/303,387.
Application 17/303,387 is a continuation of application No. 15/679,128, filed on Aug. 16, 2017, granted, now 11,051,169.
Prior Publication US 2021/0297858 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/04 (2021.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/08 (2013.01) [H04L 9/0897 (2013.01); H04L 9/3226 (2013.01); H04L 63/0471 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04L 2209/80 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, by a wireless access point and based on a message received from a first wireless terminal connected to the wireless access point, that the message is addressed to a second wireless terminal;
determining, by the wireless access point, a key used to secure communications between the wireless access point and the first wireless terminal;
determining, by the wireless access point, whether the second wireless terminal is associated with the key used to secure communications between the wireless access point and the first wireless terminal based on whether the second wireless terminal is connected to the wireless access point; and
based on determining that the second wireless terminal is associated with the key used to secure communications between the wireless access point and the first wireless terminal, forwarding, by the wireless access point, the message to the second wireless terminal.