Balancing Clients Across Bands in a Single Access Point
OwnerPradeep J. Iyerinventor
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Abstract
Balancing client load on an access point in a wireless digital network. An access point tracks the number of connected users and accepts new connections only if the number of connected users is below a preset threshold. The number of connected users may be tracked on an access point wide basis, a per-band basis, a per-BSSID basis, or a combination. Similarly, accepting new connections may be done on an access point wide basis, a per-band basis, a per-BSSID basis, on the basis of client 802.11 capabilities, or a combination.
Claims20
A computer implemented method, comprising:
- determining, by a network device, a first load associated with usage of a first wireless communication band and a second load associated with usage of a second wireless communication band, wherein the first wireless communication band and the second wireless communication band are used for client connections;
- in response to first load not exceeding a first threshold, responding to a connection request received from a client device on the first wireless communication;
- in response to the first load exceeding the first threshold, rejecting the connection request received from the client device on the first wireless communication band;
- and
- in response to the second load not exceeding a second threshold, responding to a second connection request received from the client device on the second wireless communication band, wherein the second threshold is different from the first threshold.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
- determining a first load associated with usage of a first wireless communication band and a second load associated with usage of a second wireless communication band, wherein the first wireless communication band and the second wireless communication band are used for client connections;
- responding to a connection request received from a client device on the first wireless communication in response to first load not exceeding a first threshold;
- rejecting the connection request received from the client device on the first wireless communication band in response to the first load exceeding the first threshold;
- and
- responding to a second connection request received from the client device on the second wireless communication band in response to the second load not exceeding a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is different from the first threshold.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
- determining a first load associated with usage of a first wireless communication band and a second load associated with usage of a second wireless communication band, wherein the first wireless communication band and the second wireless communication band are used for client connections;
- responding to a connection request received from a client device on the first wireless communication in response to first load not exceeding a first threshold;
- rejecting the connection request received from the client device on the first wireless communication band in response to the first load exceeding the first threshold;
- and
- responding to a second connection request received from the client device on the second wireless communication band in response to the second load not exceeding a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is different from the first threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.