Detecting stable wireless conditions to rebalance AP loads in large (conference) rooms
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsJean-Philippe Vasseur, Pascal Thubert, Jerome Henry
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a supervisory service for a wireless network receives telemetry data indicative of client movement of wireless clients of the network within a location. The service determines a measure of client movement stability for the location, based on the received telemetry data. The service selects one or more of the clients for wireless access point reassignment, when the determined measure of client movement stability exceeds a predefined threshold. The service causes the selected one or more clients to switch from a first wireless access point at the location to a second wireless access point at the location.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a supervisory service for a wireless network, telemetry data indicative of client movement of wireless clients of the network within a location;
- determining, by the supervisory service, a measure of client movement stability for the location, by using a time series of the received telemetry data as input to a regression model;
- selecting, by the supervisory service, one or more of the clients for wireless access point reassignment, when the determined measure of client movement stability, using the regression model, is predicted to be above or below a predefined threshold for a specified amount of time;
- and
- causing, by the supervisory service, the selected one or more clients to switch from a first wireless access point at the location to a second wireless access point at the location.
An apparatus, comprising:
- one or more network interfaces to communicate with a wireless network;
- a processor coupled to the network interfaces and configured to execute one or more processes;
- and
- a memory configured to store a process executable by the processor, the process when executed configured to:
- receive telemetry data indicative of client movement of wireless clients of the network within a location;
- determine a measure of client movement stability for the location, by using the received telemetry data by using a time series of the received telemetry data as input to a regression model;
- select one or more of the clients for wireless access point reassignment, when the determined measure of client movement stability, using the regression model, is predicted to be above or below a predefined threshold for a specified amount of time;
- and
- cause the selected one or more clients to switch from a first wireless access point at the location to a second wireless access point at the location.
A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing program instructions that cause a supervisory service for a wireless network to execute a process comprising:
- receiving, at the supervisory service for the wireless network, telemetry data indicative of client movement of wireless clients of the network within a location;
- determining, by the supervisory service, a measure of client movement stability for the location, by using a time series of the received telemetry data as input to a regression model;
- selecting, by the supervisory service, one or more of the clients for wireless access point reassignment, when the determined measure of client movement stability, using the regression model, is predicted to be above or below a predefined threshold for a specified amount of time;
- and
- causing, by the supervisory service, the selected one or more clients to switch from a first wireless access point at the location to a second wireless access point at the location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.