Dynamic client segregation in 802.11AX networks
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsNitin Changlani, Sachin Ganu, Eldad Perahia
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Abstract
Systems and methods for dynamic client segregation in 802.11ax networks includes determining, for each access point of a plurality of access points in a network, a ratio comprising a number of fully uplink multi-user capable client devices to a total number of client devices connected to the access point; and steering, based on at least the ratio, client devices of the network to particular access points of the plurality of access points.
Claims11
A method, comprising:
- determining, for each access point of a plurality of access points in a network, a ratio comprising a number of fully uplink multi-user capable client devices to a total number of client devices connected to the access point;
- and
- steering, based on at least the ratio, client devices of the network to particular access points of the plurality of access points, wherein steering comprises moving a fully uplink multi-user capable client device from a first access point of the plurality of access points to a second access point of the plurality of access points, wherein the first access point is associated with a ratio below a first threshold, wherein the second access point is associated with a ratio above a second threshold, and wherein the first threshold is less than the second threshold.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a hardware processor of a computing component, the machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause the hardware processor to:
- determine, for each access point of a plurality of access points in a network, a ratio comprising a number of fully uplink multi-user capable client devices to a total number of client devices connected to the access point;
- and
- steer, based on at least the ratio, client devices of the network to particular access points of the plurality of access points, wherein steering comprises moving a fully uplink multi-user capable client device from a first access point of the plurality of access points to a second access point of the plurality of access points, wherein the first access point is associated with a ratio below a first threshold, wherein the second access point is associated with a ratio above a second threshold, and wherein the first threshold is less than the second threshold.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory, the memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- determine, for each access point of a plurality of access points in a network, a ratio comprising a number of fully uplink multi-user capable client devices to a total number of client devices connected to the access point;
- and
- steer, based on at least the ratio, client devices of the network to particular access points of the plurality of access points, wherein steering comprises moving a fully uplink multi-user capable client device from a first access point of the plurality of access points to a second access point of the plurality of access points, wherein the first access point is associated with a ratio below a first threshold, wherein the second access point is associated with a ratio above a second threshold, and wherein the first threshold is less than the second threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.