Systems and methods for selecting an optimum communication route in a wireless network

A wireless network comprising:

• at least one device having computer readable instructions stored therein;
• and a processor, wherein execution of the computer readable instructions causes the processor to,
• determine a plurality of data transmission rates between at least one client, an access point and the device belonging to the wireless network,
• determine a best communication route, from among available communication routes for the at least one client to communicate with the access point based on the plurality of data transmission rates, and
• direct the at least one client to communicate with the access point via the best communication route, wherein the execution of the computer readable instructions causes the processor to determine plurality of data transmission rates by,
• transmitting a beacon request frame to the at least one client,
• determining whether the transmitted beacon request frame is received by the at least one client,
• retransmitting the beacon request frame with a transmission frequency, if responsive to the processor determining that the at least one client has not received the transmitted beacon request frame and subsequently altering the transmission frequency, responsive to the processor determining that the retransmitted beacon probe request frame has not been received at the at least one client, and
• receiving a beacon report frame from the at least one client, responsive to the at least one client receiving the beacon request frame, the beacon report frame including information on a rate of data transmission between the at least one client and the access point.

A method comprising:

• determining, at a processor, a plurality of data transmission rates between at least one client, an access point and at least one device belonging to a wireless network;
• determining, at the processor, a best communication route from among available communication routes, for the at least one client to communicate with the access point based on the plurality of data transmission rates, and
• directing the at least one client to communicate with the access point via the best communication route by,
• transmitting a beacon request frame to the at least one client,
• determining whether the transmitted beacon request frame is received by the at least one client,
• retransmitting the beacon request frame with a transmission frequency, if responsive to the at least one client having not received the transmitted beacon request frame and subsequently altering the transmission frequency, responsive to the retransmitted beacon probe request frame having not been received at the at least one client, and
• receiving a beacon report frame from the at least one client, responsive to the at least one client receiving the beacon request frame, the beacon report frame including information on a rate of data transmission between the at least one client and the access point.