System and method for dynamic single-radio and dual-radio mode selection for dl mu-mimo
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsAmogh Guruprasad DESHMUKH, Eldad PERAHIA, Sachin GANU
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for optimizing channel bandwidth while increasing downlink multi-user, multiple-input, multiple-output (DL MU-MIMO) gain. Depending on the access point (AP) platform, for example, APs exhibit certain characteristics regarding DL MU-MIMO gain as a function of the number of DL MU-MIMO clients associated to the AP. Accordingly, APs can be configured to operate in accordance with an algorithm that checks the number of DL MU-MIMO capable clients are associated to an AP, and dynamically switch between single- and dual-radio modes of operation to take advantage of those DL MU-MIMO gains.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
An access point (AP), comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory unit operatively connected to the processor, the memory unit including instructions that when executed, cause the processor to:
- identify downlink multi-user multiple input, multiple output (DL MU-MIMO) capable clients being served by the AP, the AP capable of operating in single- or dual-radio mode;
- determine if a number of the identified DL MU-MIMO capable clients exceeds a minimum client threshold;
- based on the determination, dynamically enabling dual-radio mode or dynamically enabling single-radio mode.
A method comprising:
- identifying, by an access point (AP), downlink multi-user multiple input, multiple output (DL MU-MIMO) capable clients being served by the AP, the AP capable of operating in single- or dual-radio mode;
- determining if a number of the identified DL MU-MIMO capable clients exceeds a minimum client threshold;
- and
- based on the determination, dynamically enabling dual-radio mode or dynamically enabling single-radio mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.