Sughrue Mion, PLLC
Access point device and system for wireless local area network, and related methods
The present invention provides an access point device and system for a wireless local area network, and related methods thereof. On the access point device, a same ESS is divided into a plurality of VLANs, wherein the access point device comprises a broadcast key management module which is used for managing broadcast keys encrypting broadcast information and a broadcast key storage device which is used for storing the broadcast keys. The broadcast keys are stored in the broadcast key storage device in a way of corresponding to VLAN IDs of the VLANs, and the broadcast key management module can obtain the corresponding broadcast keys through the VLAN IDs.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
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Hiroshi Hao Yue Dong
Miyata Li Wang Wang