Managing air time fairness of client devices in a wireless network

A method of using a home network controller device with a first client device and a second client device, said method comprising:

• establishing, via a processor configured to execute instructions stored on a memory, a first wireless network for use by the first client device;
• establishing, via the processor, a second wireless network for use by the second client device;
• establishing, via the processor, a number of tokens for use on the first wireless network and the second wireless network over a first predetermined number of cycles of usage;
• establishing, via the processor, a first airtime fairness portion of the number of tokens of the first predetermined number of cycles of usage for use on the first wireless network;
• establishing, via the processor, a second airtime fairness portion of the number of tokens of the first predetermined number of cycles of usage for use on the second wireless network;
• decreasing, via the processor, the number of tokens for use on the first wireless network and the second wireless network over a second predetermined number of cycles of usage when a number of unused tokens over the first predetermined number of cycles of usage is greater than a threshold so as to establish a second number of tokens for use on the first wireless network and the second wireless network over the second predetermined number of cycles of usage;
• establishing, via the processor, a first airtime fairness portion of the second number of tokens of the second predetermined number of cycles of usage for use on the first wireless network;
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• establishing, via the processor, a second airtime fairness portion of the second number of tokens of the second predetermined number of cycles of usage for use on the second wireless network.

A tangible non-transitory, computer-readable media of a home network controller device having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, the computer-readable instructions when executed by one or more processors of the home network controller device cause the one or more processors to perform one or more operations comprising:

• establishing, via a processor configured to execute instructions stored on a memory, a first wireless network for use by a first client device;
• establishing, via the processor, a second wireless network for use by a second client device;
• establishing, via the processor, a number of tokens for use on the first wireless network and the second wireless network over a first predetermined number of cycles of usage;
• establishing, via the processor, a first airtime fairness portion of the number of tokens of the first predetermined number of cycles of usage for use on the first wireless network;
• establishing, via the processor, a second airtime fairness portion of the number of tokens of the first predetermined number of cycles of usage for use on the second wireless network;
• decreasing, via the processor, the number of tokens for use on the first wireless network and the second wireless network over a second predetermined number of cycles of usage when a number of unused tokens over the first predetermined number of cycles of usage is greater than a threshold so as to establish a second number of tokens for use on the first wireless network and the second wireless network over the second predetermined number of cycles of usage;
• establishing, via the processor, a first airtime fairness portion of the second number of tokens of the second predetermined number of cycles of usage for use on the first wireless network;
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• establishing, via the processor, a second airtime fairness portion of the second number of tokens of the second predetermined number of cycles of usage for use on the second wireless network.