Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Multicast Containment In A Multiple Pre-Shared Key (psk) Wireless Local Area Network (wlan)

MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202347053688 A) filed by Cisco Technology, Inc. on August 10, 2023, for Multicast Containment In A Multiple Pre-Shared Key (psk) Wireless Local Area Network (wlan).

Inventors include Campiglio, Ugo, Mario; Choukir, Amine; Muccifora, Roberto; Ficara, Domenico; and Wakudkar, Sachin, Dinkar Number.

The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.

Abstract: A method for providing multicast frames in a Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) is provided herein. An Access Point (AP) can receive a join request from a first client device. The AP can generate a Group Master Key (GMK) from the Pre-Shared Key (PSK) associated with a Ba...