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.
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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 an ordered list of a plurality of Wi-Fi content streaming apparatuses in the Wi-Fi network including the first content streaming apparatus and the second content streaming apparatus, the ordered list being based on measured values associated with the plurality of Wi-Fi 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 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 in the table based on the at least one of the first threshold and the second threshold.
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 includes an ordered list of a plurality of Wi-Fi content streaming apparatuses in the Wi-Fi network including the first content streaming apparatus and the second content streaming apparatus, the ordered list being based on measured values associated with the plurality of Wi-Fi 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;
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- 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 in the table based on the at least one of the first threshold and the second threshold.
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:
- steer a selected client device among a plurality of client devices associated with a first content streaming apparatus to a second content streaming apparatus,
- 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.