System and method for enhanced client roaming

A method of managing client roaming between an access point and a neighboring access point, said method comprising:

• receiving, via a receiving component of the access point, a neighbor report request from the client;
• transmitting, via a transmitting component of the access point, a second neighbor report request to the neighboring access point;
• transmitting, via the transmitting component of the access point, a soft resource request to the neighboring access point;
• generating, via a report generating component of the access point, a neighbor report;
• receiving, via the receiving component of the access point, receive resource response data of the neighboring access point associated with the second neighbor report request;
• receiving, via the receiving component of the access point, soft resource response data of the neighboring access point associated with the soft resource request;
• and
• transmitting, via the transmitting component of the access point, the neighbor report to the client,
• wherein said generating, via a report generating component of the access point, a neighbor report comprises generating the neighbor report based on the resource response data of the neighboring access point and the soft resource response data of the neighboring access point.

A non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, the computer-readable instructions being capable of being read by a computer access point and being capable of instructing the computer access point to perform a method of managing client roaming between the computer access point and a neighboring access point:

• receiving, via a receiving component of the computer access point, a neighbor report request from the client;
• transmitting, via a transmitting component of the computer access point, a second neighbor report request to the neighboring access point;
• transmitting, via the transmitting component of the computer access point, a soft resource request to the neighboring access point;
• generating, via a report generating component of the computer access point, a neighbor report;
• receiving, via the receiving component of the computer access point, receive resource response data of the neighboring access point associated with the second neighbor report request;
• receiving, via the receiving component of the computer access point, soft resource response data of the neighboring access point associated with the soft resource request;
• and
• transmitting, via the transmitting component of the computer access point, the neighbor report to the client,
• wherein said generating, via a report generating component of the computer access point, a neighbor report comprises generating the neighbor report based on the resource response data of the neighboring access point and the soft resource response data of the neighboring access point.