| US 7,602,746 B2 | ||
| Method for optimized layer 2 roaming and policy enforcement in a wireless environment | ||
| Patrice R. Calhoun, Pleasanton, Calif. (US); Nancy Cam-Winget, Mountain View, Calif. (US); and Robert B. O'Hara, Jr., Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 21, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/315,861. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/734002, filed on Nov. 04, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0104126 A1, May 10, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—328 [455/450] | 32 Claims |
| 1. In a wireless network comprising a plurality of wireless access points operative to pre-allocate resources to one or more
requesting wireless clients, a method comprising:
monitoring pre-allocation activity corresponding to a wireless client as the wireless client roams within a wireless network
environment comprising a plurality of wireless access points, wherein the pre-allocation activity comprises the attempted
pre-allocation of wireless resources of one or more of the plurality of wireless access points by the one or more wireless
clients; and
applying a pre-allocation policy operative to limit a total number of pre-allocations between the wireless client and one
or more of the plurality of wireless access points.
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