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US 2014/0369248 A1Published application
Determining transmission parameters for transmitting beacon frames
AssigneeAruba Networks, Inc.
InventorNatarajan Manthiramoorthy
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Abstract
A method includes dynamically determining transmission parameters for transmission of beacon frames corresponding to a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) supported by an access point. The transmission parameters being based on zero or more client devices connected to the WLAN or monitored data indicative of a load at the access point.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, is configured to perform operations comprising:
- transmitting, by an access point, one or more beacon frames associated with a first WLAN that is connected to by one or more client devices, the beacon frames being transmitted at a first transmit power, a first frequency, and a first data transmission rate;
- subsequent to transmitting the one or more beacon frames, determining that no client devices are connected to the first WLAN;
- responsive to determining that no client devices are connected to the first WLAN, performing one or more of:
- transmitting beacon frames, associated with the first WLAN, at a second frequency different than the first frequency;
- transmitting beacon frames, associated with the first WLAN, at a second data transmission rate different than the first data transmission rate;
- transmitting beacon frames, associated with the first WLAN, at a second transmit power different than the first transmit power;
- or
- suspending transmission of beacon frames, associated with the first WLAN, until at least one client device connects to the first WLAN.
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A system comprising:
- an access point comprising a hardware processor;
- the system being configured to perform operations comprising:
- transmitting, by the access point, one or more beacon frames associated with a first WLAN that is connected to by one or more client devices, the beacon frames being transmitted at a first transmit power, a first frequency, and a first data transmission rate;
- subsequent to transmitting the one or more beacon frames, determining that no client devices are connected to the first WLAN;
- responsive to determining that no client devices are connected to the first WLAN, performing one or more of:
- transmitting beacon frames, associated with the first WLAN, at a second frequency different than the first frequency;
- transmitting beacon frames, associated with the first WLAN, at a second data transmission rate different than the first data transmission rate;
- transmitting beacon frames, associated with the first WLAN, at a second transmit power different than the first transmit power;
- or
- suspending transmission of beacon frames, associated with the first WLAN, until at least one client device connects to the first WLAN.
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A method comprising:
- transmitting, by an access point comprising a hardware processor, one or more beacon frames associated with a first WLAN that is connected to by one or more client devices, the beacon frames being transmitted at a first transmit power, a first frequency, and a first data transmission rate;
- subsequent to transmitting the one or more beacon frames, determining that no client devices are connected to the first WLAN;
- responsive to determining that no client devices are connected to the first WLAN, performing one or more of:
- transmitting beacon frames, associated with the first WLAN, at a second frequency different than the first frequency;
- transmitting beacon frames, associated with the first WLAN, at a second data transmission rate different than the first data transmission rate;
- transmitting beacon frames, associated with the first WLAN, at a second transmit power different than the first transmit power;
- or
- suspending transmission of beacon frames, associated with the first WLAN, until at least one client device connects to the first WLAN.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.