US 12,342,220 B2
System and method for establishing a virtual access point
Marek Hajduczenia, Castle Rock, CO (US)
Assigned to Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/731,521.
Application 18/350,045 is a division of application No. 17/079,782, filed on Oct. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,825,350, issued on Nov. 21, 2023.
Application 18/731,521 is a continuation of application No. 18/350,045, filed on Jul. 11, 2023, granted, now 12,035,172.
Prior Publication US 2024/0323764 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 28/086 (2023.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0862 (2023.05) [H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.02); H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01); H04W 88/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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18. A method for virtual access point networking, the method comprising:
establishing, by a controller, a virtual access node by layer two link aggregation of multiple physical access nodes deployed in a location and connected to a router, the virtual access node having a layer two data plane and a layer two control plane; and
providing, by the virtual access node, a forwarding mode and a non-forwarding mode for a physical access point with respect to a client station, wherein the forwarding mode enables participation on the layer two data plane and the layer two control plane to forward user data traffic flow and the non-forwarding mode enables participation on the layer two control plane to enable switching to the forwarding mode absent an initialization configuration.