Wireless steering controller
AssigneeARRIS Enterprises LLC
InventorsJay Strater, Gregory Nakanishi, Kurt Alan Lumbatis
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Abstract
A controller for steering a client device between content streaming apparatuses in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The controller is configured to determine whether a client device should be steered to a content streaming apparatus based on at least one sample measurement related to the client device and/or the content streaming apparatus. The steering logic calculations may use predetermined thresholds.
Claims18
An electronic device configured to steer a client device from a first content streaming apparatus to a second content streaming apparatus within a Wi-Fi network, based at least on a comparison of measurements from the first and second content streaming apparatuses, respectively, to at least one threshold, the electronic device comprising:
- a memory configured to store a program;
- and
- a controller configured to execute the program to perform control of wireless steering operations in the Wi-Fi network including:
- to construct a table including a lists of a plurality of Wi-Fi content streaming apparatuses in the Wi-Fi network including the first and second content streaming apparatuses, the first content streaming apparatus being associated in the table with a first set of measured values and the second content streaming apparatus being associated in the table with a second set of measurement values, and
- to disfavor the first content streaming apparatus in the table using the at least one threshold and to select the second content streaming apparatus as a destination for steering of the client device from remaining content streaming apparatuses in the table that are not disfavored.
A method implemented in an electronic device for steering a client device in a wireless network from a first content streaming apparatus to a second content streaming apparatus within a Wi-Fi network, based at least on a comparison of measurements from the first and second content streaming apparatuses, respectively, to at least one threshold, the method comprising:
- receiving a first measurement and making a first comparison that compares the first measurement to a first threshold while the client device is connected to the first content streaming apparatus;
- receiving a second measurement and making a second comparison that compares the second measurement to a second threshold;
- and
- steering the client device to the second content streaming apparatus based on at least one of the first comparison and the second comparison,
- wherein, in the steering, the method further comprises:
- constructing a table that lists a plurality of Wi-Fi content streaming apparatuses in the Wi-Fi network including the first and second content streaming apparatuses, the first content streaming apparatus being associated in the table with a first set of measured values and the second content streaming apparatus being associated in the table with a second set of measurement values;
- disfavoring the first content streaming apparatus in the table using at least one of the first threshold and the second threshold;
- and
- selecting the second content streaming apparatus as a destination for steering of the client device from remaining content streaming apparatuses in the table that are not disfavored.
An electronic device configured to control wireless steering operations in a wireless network, comprising:
- a memory configured to store a program;
- and
- a controller configured to execute the program to:
- select one of a plurality of client devices associated with a first content streaming apparatus, and
- steer the selected client device to a second content streaming apparatus, selected by the controller from a plurality of content streaming apparatuses,
- wherein the controller selects the client device using a measurement comprising at least one of a signal strength measure and a capacity measure, and
- the wireless controller selects the second content streaming apparatus using the other one of the signal strength measure and the capacity measure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.