System and method for optimized load balancing on 6 GHz radios using out-of-band discovery in a mixed AP deployment
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsNitin A. Changlani, Deven Patel, Farhan Hasnain
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided by which all APs in a particular deployment can be used to assist in the out-of-band discovery of 6 GHz radios by client devices. That is, a series of iterative operations can be performed to: (I) determine the state of 6 GHz radios in a zone/deployment area; (II) identify what radios can be considered near-neighbors to non-6 GHz radios for purposes of advertising one or more of the 6 GHz radios; (Ill) rank neighboring 6 GHz radios for a given non-6 GHz radio based on certain radio metrics; and (IV) ultimately determine those 6 GHz radios that can be advertised by the given non-6 GHz radio.
Claims20
A method for advertising neighboring 6 GHz radios in a radio frequency (RF) zone of a wireless local area network (WLAN) through which one or more of the 6 GHz radios in the WLAN may be advertised for out-of-band discovery, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a non-6 GHz radio in the RF zone, collocated 6 GHz radio metrics broadcast from a controller, the 6 GHz radio metrics being collected by each 6 GHZ radio in the RF zone;
- identifying neighboring 6 GHZ radios for the non-6 GHz radios in the RF zone;
- combining ordered lists corresponding to the identified neighboring 6 GHz radios for the non-6 GHz radio;
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- determining which of the 6 GHz radios can be advertised by the non-6 GHz radio.
A network device, comprising:
- a processor;
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- a memory unit operatively connected to the processor, and including computer code that when executed causes the processor to perform the following:
- receive, at a non-6 GHz radio of an access point (AP) in the RF zone, collocated 6 GHz radio metrics broadcast from an AP controller, the 6 GHz radio metrics being collected by each 6 GHZ radio in the RF zone;
- identify neighboring 6 GHZ radios for the non-6 GHz radios in the RF zone;
- combine ordered lists corresponding to the identified neighboring 6 GHz radios for the non-6 GHz radio;
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- determine which of the 6 GHz radios can be advertised by the non-6 GHz radio;
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- advertise the 6 GHz radios that can be advertised in least one of a discovery beacon and probe response of the non-6 GHz radio.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.