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Network based on demand wireless roaming

  • US 8,983,433 B2
  • Filed: 09/28/2012
  • Issued: 03/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving at a wireless controller in a wireless local area network, a request from a mobile device to connect to the wireless local area network, the mobile device in communication with the wireless local area network and a cellular network;

    inserting mobile device and network attributes into said request, and transmitting said request from the wireless controller to an authentication proxy comprising a policy filter, said network attributes comprising cellular network attributes; and

    receiving a response to said request and offloading mobile data from the cellular network to the wireless local area network when said request is allowed;

    wherein the policy filter is configured to filter requests received at the authentication proxy based on said attributes and a network policy for offloading mobile data from the cellular network to the wireless local area network; and

    wherein the authentication proxy is located at a virtual wireless local area network configured to aggregate a plurality of wireless local area networks.

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