Method and media for a tunneled wired/wireless network
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a first tunneled packet associated with a wired communication session from a wired network node from a plurality of wired network nodes;
receiving a second tunneled packet associated with a wireless communication session from a wireless network node from a plurality of wireless network nodes through intervening wired network nodes from the plurality of wired network nodes; and
managing the wired communication session and the wireless communication session,the wired communication session associated with a user communication device at a first time, the wireless communication session associated with the user communication device at a second time, the controller configured to apply a common user policy to the wired communication session and the wireless communication session.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises a core network node and a control module within an enterprise network architecture. The core network node is configured to be operatively coupled to a set of wired network nodes and a set of wireless network nodes. The core network node is configured to receive a first tunneled packet associated with a first session from a wired network node from the set of wired network nodes. The core network node is configured to also receive a second tunneled packet associated with a second session from a wireless network node from the set of wireless network nodes through intervening wired network nodes from the set of wired network nodes. The control module is operatively coupled to the core network node. The control module is configured to manage the first session and the second session.
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21 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a first tunneled packet associated with a wired communication session from a wired network node from a plurality of wired network nodes; receiving a second tunneled packet associated with a wireless communication session from a wireless network node from a plurality of wireless network nodes through intervening wired network nodes from the plurality of wired network nodes; and managing the wired communication session and the wireless communication session, the wired communication session associated with a user communication device at a first time, the wireless communication session associated with the user communication device at a second time, the controller configured to apply a common user policy to the wired communication session and the wireless communication session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:
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forward a tunneled packet associated with a wireless session from a wireless communication device to a core network node such that a controller of the core network node manages the wireless session and a wired session associated with at least one wired network node from the plurality of wired network nodes, the core network node being a switching device, the wired session associated with a user communication device at a first time, the wireless session associated with the user communication device at a second time, and the controller configured to apply a common user policy to the wired session and the wireless session. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:
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sending, from a wired network node to a core network node, a tunneled packet associated with a wireless session and associated with a packet received from a wireless access point such that a controller of the core network node manages the wireless session, the wired network node including a memory and a processor, the wired network node operatively coupled to a wireless access point that is operatively coupled to a wireless communication device; and sending to the core network node a tunneled packet associated with a wired session such that the controller of the core network node manages the wired session, the wired network node operatively coupled to the core network node, the core network node operatively coupled to a plurality of wired network nodes, the core network node being a switching device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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