Method and system for access point congestion detection and reduction

A computing system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory device communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory device having stored therein a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• establish (i) a current data rate and (ii) a peak data rate for data transmissions to at least one computing device of a plurality of computing devices via a wireless access point;
• determine a round-trip-time value for an internet control message protocol (ICMP) packet transmitted to a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices;
• and
• perform one of the following actions in response to determining the round-trip-time value:
• (i) increase the current data rate and set the peak data rate equal to the current data rate if the round-trip-time value is less than a first threshold value,
• (ii) maintain the current data rate and the peak data rate if the round-trip-time value is greater than the first threshold value and less than a second threshold value, and
• (iii) decrease the peak data rate and the current data rate if the round-trip-time value is greater than the second threshold value by:
• (a) determining a new midpoint data rate value equal to half of the sum of the peak data rate and a previously determined midpoint data rate value and (b) setting the current data rate to the previously determined midpoint data rate value.