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US 10,834,609 B2Granted
Optimal wireless router positioning
AssigneeAvast Software s.r.o.
InventorsMaurice Mc Ginley, Jeroen De Knijf, Gerardus Fransiscus Johannes van der Kruis
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Abstract
Systems and methods provide real-time feedback of the effect of changes in router placement and physical configuration on the overall quality of device connections. This feedback assists a user to improve placement and physical configuration, until an optimal positioning or configuration is found.
Claims14
A method for wireless router positioning, the method comprising:
- receiving by a processor via a network interface, a one or more signal quality values for each of one or more devices communicably coupled to a wireless router via a wireless network;
- determining, by the processor, a maximal available bandwidth for each of the one or more devices based, at least in part, on the signal quality values;
- determining, by the processor, a current score based, at least in part, on the determined maximal available bandwidth for each of the one or more devices and based, at least in part, on the signal quality values in response to detecting a change in a signal-to-noise ratio;
- comparing, by the processor, the current score to a baseline score;
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- in response to determining that the current score exceeds the baseline score, providing an indication to a user that a current positioning of the wireless router is optimal.
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A method for wireless router positioning, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a set of signal quality values for one or more devices on a wireless network;
- determining a maximal available bandwidth for each of the one or more devices based, at least in part, on the set of signal quality values;
- comparing, by the processor, the maximal available bandwidth with a minimum required bandwidth for each of the one or more devices;
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- in response to determining that the maximal available bandwidth meets the minimum required bandwidth for each of the one or more devices, providing an indication that a current positioning of the wireless router is optimal;
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- determining, by the processor, a current score based, at least in part, on the signal quality values in response to detecting a change in a signal-to-noise ratio.
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A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a device to perform operations comprising:
- receive signal quality values for one or more devices communicably coupled to a wireless router via a wireless network;
- detect a change in a signal-to-noise ratio and in response determine a maximal available bandwidth for each of the one or more devices based, at least in part, on the signal quality values;
- determine a current score based, at least in part, on the determined maximal available bandwidth for each of the one or more devices;
- compare the current score to a baseline score;
- and
- provide an indication to a user that a current positioning of the wireless router is optimal in response to a determination that the current score exceeds the baseline score.
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An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
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- a machine-readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- receive signal quality values for one or more devices communicably coupled to at least one of a wireless router and a wireless access point via a wireless network;
- determine a maximal available bandwidth for each of the one or more devices based, at least in part, on the signal quality values;
- determine a current score based, at least in part, on the determined maximal available bandwidth for each of the one or more devices and based, at least in part, on the signal quality values in response to detecting a change in a signal-to-noise ratio;
- compare the current score to a baseline score;
- and
- provide an indication to a user that a current positioning of the at least one of the wireless router and the wireless access point is optimal in response to a determination that the current score exceeds the baseline score.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.