Abstract: A method and computer readable medium for network device workload balancing, including: selecting a particular network device for storing client information associated with a client device; subsequent to the client device disassociating with a first network device, receiving, by the particular network device from the first network device, the client information; and responsive to the client device associating with a second network device: transmitting, by the particular network device, the client information to the second network device, where the client device does not associate with the particular network device between associating with the first network device and the second network device.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and network device providing distributed network layer mobility for unified access networks. The method eliminates the need for a secure tunnel between a home network device and a foreign network device when a client roams from the home network device to the foreign network device. The disclosed network device receives an association request from a client device in a wireless network; identifies a first wireless virtual local area network (VLAN) that the client device is assigned to; and, allows traffic to or from the client device to be transmitted via the network device on the first wireless VLAN, wherein traffic on at least a second wireless VLAN is transmitted via the network device and segregated from the traffic on the first wireless VLAN.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a network device and/or method for enhanced VLAN pooling assignments in a wireless network. The disclosed network device receives a message from a wireless client in the wireless network. The network device identifies a virtual local area network (VLAN) based at least on a size of the VLAN and a number of active wireless clients associated with the VLAN. Next, the network device assigns the wireless client to the identified VLAN. In some embodiments, the network device assigns a wireless client to a VLAN if the radio between the number of active wireless clients and the size of the VLAN does not exceed a predetermined value. In some embodiments, the network device assigns a wireless client to a previously assigned VLAN or a VLAN corresponding to an identified home network device, if the wireless client is a roaming client.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a network device and/or method for centralized configuration with dynamic distributed address management. The disclosed network device receives, at a first network node, a range of sub network addresses and a specified size for a sub network. The disclosed network device then divides the range of sub network addresses into a plurality of sub-ranges of sub network addresses based on the specified size. Further, the network device allocates the plurality of sub-ranges of sub network addresses to a plurality of sub networks, and transmits an allocated sub-range of sub network addresses to a corresponding sub network at a second network node through an established secure communication channel. Moreover, the network device can retrieve a profile template that includes the range of sub network addresses and the specified size of the sub network; and create a profile based on the profile template.