Software Defined Wireless Device Management

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving, using one or more processors, an interface parameter, wherein the interface parameter is received from an external entity using an application programming interface, and wherein the interface parameter is associated with a client device in a network;
• obtaining a set of rules associated with the network, wherein the set of rules facilitate providing network services to the client device on the network;
• determining a network service category for the client device using the interface parameter and the set of rules, wherein the network service category specifies a set of available network control actions, and wherein a network control action affects a configuration of the network;
• determining a network control action using the interface parameter;
• determining a set of instructions corresponding to the network control action;
• and
• transmitting the set of instructions, wherein transmitting the set of instructions facilitates execution of the network control action by a network device.

A controller device of a network, wherein the controller device comprises:

• a wireless receiver for receiving, using one or more processors, an interface parameter, wherein the interface parameter is received from an external entity using an application programming interface, and wherein the interface parameter is associated with a client device in the network;
• a rules engine configured to perform operations including:
• obtaining a set of rules from a database, wherein the set of rules are associated with the network, and wherein the set of rules facilitate providing network services to the client device on the network;
• determining a network service category for the client device using the interface parameter and the set of rules, wherein the network service category specifies a set of available network control actions, and wherein a network control action affects a configuration of the network;
• determining the network control action using the interface parameter;
• and
• determining a set of instructions corresponding to the network control action;
• and
• a transmitter for transmitting the set of instructions, wherein transmitting the set of instructions facilitates execution of the network control action by a network device.

A non-transitory computer program product, tangible embodied in a non-transitory machine readable storage medium, including instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

• receive an interface parameter, wherein the interface parameter is received from an external entity using an application programming interface, and wherein the interface parameter is associated with a client device in a network;
• obtain a set of rules associated with the network, wherein the set of rules facilitate providing network services to the client device on the network;
• determine a network service category for the client device using the interface parameter and the set of rules, wherein the network service category specifies a set of available network control actions, and wherein a network control action affects a configuration of the network;
• determine a network control action using the interface parameter;
• determine a set of instructions corresponding to the network control action;
• and
• transmit the set of instructions, wherein transmitting the set of instructions facilitates execution of the network control action by a network device.