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AssigneeMeru Networks
InventorsAjay MALIK, Saurabh BHARGAVA, Avinash BHAGTANI, Radhakrishnan SURYANARAYANAN
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The present description provides methods, computer program products, and systems for alternative network communication for access point troubleshooting and monitoring. When a station has difficulty initiating or maintaining a connection with an access point, or even when performance is suboptimal, alternative network communication is initiated. The issue can be handled by reporting to a troubled access point for self-correction, or by uploading interrogation commands or code for active correction externally by a station. Further actions can be taken, for example, when a station determines through alternative communication that a troubled access point itself has connection issues to a back end network, the station uses a different access point for reporting up to a network admin. Although Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are described herein, other combinations of wireless protocols are implementable.
A computer-implemented method, in an access point in a Wi-Fi communications network, of using alternative networks for troubleshooting or monitoring, the method comprising the steps of:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing source code that, when executed by a processor, performs a method in an access point in a Wi-Fi communications network, of using alternative networks for troubleshooting or monitoring, the method comprising the steps of:
An access point in a Wi-Fi communications network, of using alternative networks for troubleshooting or monitoring, the access point comprising:
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