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US 11,706,644 B2Granted
Access points with virtual clients
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsGuangzhi Ran, Jianpo Han, Qiang Zhou
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Abstract
According to one example of the present disclosure, an access point (AP) comprises a wired interface and a wireless interface. External wireless client devices may associate with the AP and the AP may forward traffic received from the wireless clients. The AP includes a virtual client which is to simulate a wireless client device.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- implementing a virtual client on a first access point (AP), the virtual client to simulate a wireless client device;
- associating the virtual client on the first AP with a second AP;
- receiving by the first AP, over a wired link, test traffic sent by a server which is associated with the virtual client;
- implementing a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) on the server, each VM handling layer 3 functions of a respective virtual client and running a test program to test a wireless local area network (WLAN), each VM being associated with a respective tunnel identifier (ID);
- implementing a corresponding plurality of virtual clients on the first AP, each virtual client being associated with a respective tunnel identifier (ID) and VM;
- forwarding, by the virtual client, the test traffic to the second AP over the wireless interface, wherein layer 3 operations of the virtual client are handled by the server and wireless layer 2 operations of the virtual client are handled by the first AP.
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An access point (AP) comprising:
- a wired interface;
- a wireless interface;
- a processor and a non-transitory machine readable storage medium storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- implement a virtual client on the AP, the virtual client to simulate a wireless client device;
- associate the virtual client on the AP with another AP;
- receive by the AP, over a wired link, test traffic sent by a server which is associated with the virtual client;
- implement a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) on the server, each VM handling layer 3 functions of a respective virtual client and running a test program to test a wireless local area network (WLAN), each VM being associated with a respective tunnel identifier (ID);
- implement a corresponding plurality of virtual clients on the first AP, each virtual client being associated with a respective tunnel identifier (ID) and VM;
- forward, by the virtual client, the test traffic to the other AP over the wireless interface, wherein layer 3 operations of the virtual client are handled by the server and wireless layer 2 operations of the virtual client are handled by the first AP.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- implement a virtual client on an access point (AP), the virtual client to simulate a wireless client device;
- associate the virtual client on the AP with another AP;
- receive by the AP, over a wired link, test traffic sent by a server which is associated with the virtual client;
- implement a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) on the server, each VM handling layer 3 functions of a respective virtual client and running a test program to test a wireless local area network (WLAN), each VM being associated with a respective tunnel identifier (ID);
- implement a corresponding plurality of virtual clients on the first AP, each virtual client being associated with a respective tunnel identifier (ID) and VM;
- forward, by the virtual client, the test traffic to the other AP over the wireless interface, wherein layer 3 operations of the virtual client are handled by the server and wireless layer 2 operations of the virtual client are handled by the first AP.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.