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US 2020/0288391 A1Published application
Selectively changing activation status of a wireless access point
AssigneeInterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
InventorsFrancois SCHNITZLER, Adithya VADAPALLI
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Abstract
A method for selectively changing an activation status of an access point in a wireless system is described. The wireless system includes a plurality of wireless access points having at least one device for extending wireless signal coverage coupled thereto and a controller. The controller is configured to change the activation status of the at least one extender coupled to the one or more of the plurality of wireless access points based on connection quality of a user device to the wireless system.
Claims11
A method, comprising:
- obtaining, a connection quality for a user device to one or more wireless access points having at least one device for extending wireless signal coverage coupled thereto, wherein the connection quality for the user device is based on an energy consumption for each of said at least one device for extending wireless signal coverage;
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- changing an activation status of the at least one device for extending wireless signal coverage coupled to the one or more wireless access points based on the determined connection quality for the user device.
A controller, comprising:
- one or more processors configured to change an activation status of at least one device for extending wireless signal coverage coupled to one or more wireless access points based on connection quality of a user device, wherein said connection quality of the user device is based on an energy consumption for each of said at least one device for extending wireless signal coverage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.