Selection of anchor controllers for access points within a network environment
AssigneeAruba Networks, Inc.
InventorsSheausong Yang, Gopalakrishnan Raman
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a non-transitory computer readable medium for improving the scalability and redundancy of a wireless communications network. One embodiment of the non-transitory computer readable medium comprises instructions that select a first controller for controlling a configuration of a first access point and a second access point, detect a particular event and, responsive to detecting the particular event, select a second controller for controlling the configuration of the first access point without modifying the selection of the first controller for controlling the configuration of the second access point.
Claims15
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations comprising:
- selecting, a first controller, for controlling a configuration of a first access point;
- selecting, the first controller, for controlling the configuration of a second access point;
- detecting a particular event;
- responsive to detecting the particular event:
- selecting a second controller for controlling the configuration of the first access point without modifying the selection of the first controller for controlling the configuration of the second access point.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations comprising:
- determining one or more characteristics corresponding to an access point;
- wherein the one or more characteristics comprise one or more of:
- a physical location of the access point;
- a priority associated with the access point;
- a hash value obtaining by applying a hash function to an identifier associated with the access point;
- client device characteristics of one or more client devices associated with the access point;
- a type of traffic typically transmitted by and/or to the access point;
- based on the one or more characteristics corresponding to the access point:
- selecting a particular controller, of a plurality of controllers, for controlling a configuration of the access point.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations comprising:
- determining characteristics of one or more client devices corresponding to a particular access point;
- based on the characteristics of the one or more client devices:
- selecting a first controller, of a plurality of controllers, for configuring the particular access point;
- configuring, by the first controller, the particular access point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.