公开(公告)号：US20190223089A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-18

申请号：US15872081

申请日：2018-01-16

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Gonzalo Salgueiro ,  Shankar Ramanathan ,  Jerome Henry

IPC: H04W48/14 ,  H04W48/20 ,  H04L9/06 ,  G06F17/30

CPC classification number: H04W48/14 ,  G06F16/951 ,  H04L9/0637 ,  H04L63/06 ,  H04L63/0892 ,  H04L63/101 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/08 ,  H04W48/20 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: In one embodiment, a device receives data regarding a wireless client attempting to form an association with a particular wireless access point in a network. The device queries a blockchain ledger in a blockchain database for wireless roaming data regarding the wireless client. The device uses, when available from the blockchain ledger, the roaming data regarding the wireless client to complete the association between the wireless client and the particular wireless access point. The device updates the blockchain ledger with data regarding the association between the wireless client and the particular wireless access point.