Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Provisioning using multicast traffic
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Application No.: US14566507Application Date: 2014-12-10
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Publication No.: US09705693B1Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Amey Dattatray Inamdar
- Applicant: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
- Applicant Address: BM Hamilton
- Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: BM Hamilton
- Main IPC: H04L12/18
- IPC: H04L12/18 ; H04W4/00 ; H04W4/06 ; H04W12/06 ; H04L29/06 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
A first communication device detects a plurality of multicast packets transmitted by a second communication device. The first communication device determines information contained in media access control (MAC) address fields of the plurality of multicast packets. The first communication device determines wireless local area network (WLAN) provisioning information for gaining access to the WLAN, wherein the provisioning information is determined from the information contained in the MAC address fields of the plurality of multicast packets.
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