Fast failover of access points in a split-plane deployment
AssigneeAvaya Inc.
InventorsShashi Hosakere Ankaiah, Vivek L Atreya, Seemant Choudhary, Udaya Shankar
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Abstract
A method, system and computer readable medium for fast failover of an access point are described. A system can cause a failover of a first wireless access point when a wireless control point determines that a first wireless switching plane has failed through a platform link failure mechanism. The system can also prevent a failover of the first wireless access point or a second wireless access point when a message is received from both the first wireless switching plane and a second wireless switching plane indicating that the other wireless switching plane has failed.
Claims18
A wireless network system comprising:
- a wireless control point;
- a first wireless switching plane;
- a second wireless switching plane;
- a first wireless access point;
- and
- a second wireless access point,
- wherein the wireless control point is configured to cause a failover of the second wireless access point when the wireless control point determines that the first wireless switching plane has failed, and
- wherein the wireless control point is configured to not cause the failover of the first wireless access point or the second wireless access point when a message is received from both the first wireless switching plane and the second wireless switching plane indicating that the other wireless switching plane has failed.
A method for fast failover of access points in a split-plane wireless network deployment, the method comprising:
- causing a failover of a first wireless access point when a wireless control point determines that a first wireless switching plane has failed through a platform link failure mechanism;
- and
- preventing a failover of the first wireless access point or a second wireless access point when a message is received from both the first wireless switching plane and a second wireless switching plane indicating that the other wireless switching plane has failed.
A nontransitory computer readable medium having stored thereon software instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a series of operations comprising:
- causing a failover of a first wireless access point when a wireless control point determines that a first wireless switching plane has failed through a platform link failure mechanism;
- and
- preventing a failover of the first wireless access point or a second wireless access point when a message is received from both the first wireless switching plane and a second wireless switching plane indicating that the other wireless switching plane has failed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.