Wireless access point load balancing
AssigneeCable Television Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsVikas Sarawat, Bernard McKibben, Neeharika Allanki
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Abstract
Managing wireless access points and/or other devices providing wireless signaling to multiple clients is contemplated. The wireless access point may be managed according to a load balancing strategy directed towards achieving desired network throughput using forced disassociation of clients based on traffic type or other service related indicators and/or force disassociation of roaming partners based on neighboring access point capabilities.
Claims19
A method for load balancing a primary access point comprising:
- determining a plurality of clients having completed an association process sufficient for obtaining access to a wireless spectrum available through the primary access point;
- determining a minimum throughput to represent a minimum data rate for wireless signaling carried over the wireless spectrum between the plurality of clients and the primary access point;
- determining a throughput to represent an active data rate for wireless signaling being carried over the wireless spectrum between the plurality of clients and the primary access point;
- determining a plurality of secondary access points in proximity to the primary access point, the secondary access points having wireless spectrum available to identified roaming partners;
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- implementing an advertisement process when the throughput is less than the minimum throughput, the advertisement process including controlling the primary access point to cease advertising wireless spectrum availability for one or more roaming partners in common with the identified roaming partners.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of non-transitory instructions executable with a processor to facilitate a load balancing for a wireless access point, the non-transitory instructions being sufficient for:
- determining a first plurality of roaming partners permitted access to wireless spectrum available from the wireless access point;
- determining a plurality of secondary access points in proximity to the wireless access point, including determining a second plurality of roaming partners permitted access to wireless spectrum available from the plurality of secondary access points;
- comparing the first plurality of roaming partners to the second plurality of roaming partners to determine common roaming partners, the common roaming partners being each of the first plurality of roaming partners matching with one of the second plurality of roaming partners;
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- ceasing advertising availability of a wireless spectrum available from the wireless access point to a first roaming partner, the first roaming partner corresponding with one or more of the common roaming partners.
A method for load balancing a primary access point comprising:
- determining a first plurality of roaming partners permitted access to wireless spectrum available from the wireless access point;
- determining a plurality of secondary access points in proximity to the wireless access point, including determining a second plurality of roaming partners permitted access to wireless spectrum available from the plurality of secondary access points;
- comparing the first plurality of roaming partners to the second plurality of roaming partners to determine common roaming partners, the common roaming partners being each of the first plurality of roaming partners matching with one of the second plurality of roaming partners;
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- ceasing advertising availability of a wireless spectrum available from the wireless access point to a first roaming partner, the first roaming partner corresponding with one or more of the common roaming partners.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.