Methods and apparatus for dynamic control of connections to co-existing radio access networks

Computer readable apparatus comprising a non-transitory storage medium, the non-transitory storage medium comprising at least one computer program having a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions configured to, when executed on a processing apparatus, cause:

• receipt of first data representative of one or more configurations respectively associated with one or more wireless access point (AP) apparatus;
• receipt of second data representative of at least one of (i) one or more user preferences, or (ii) one or more operating contexts, associated with at least one computerized client device;
• modification of a configuration data structure, the modification based at least in part on the first data and the second data;
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• transmission of the modified configuration data structure to at least one of the one or more wireless (AP) apparatus, the modified configuration data structure configured to cause the at least one wireless (AP) apparatus to adjust one or more operational parameters.

A computerized client device, comprising:

• a wireless local area network (WLAN) data interface;
• a non-WLAN data interface;
• processor apparatus in data communication with the WLAN data interface;
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• storage apparatus in data communication with the processor apparatus and comprising a non-transitory storage medium, the non-transitory storage medium comprising at least one computer program having a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions configured to, when executed on the processing apparatus, cause the computerized client device to:
• receive first data representative of one or more configurations respectively associated with one or more WLAN wireless access point (AP) apparatus;
• obtain second data representative of at least one of (i) one or more user preferences associated with the computerized client device, or (ii) one or more operating contexts of the computerized client device;
• based at least in part on the first data and the second data, cause transmission of data configured to cause at least one of the one or more wireless (AP) apparatus to adjust one or more operational parameters, the adjustment configured to change an aggressiveness of a connection routine associated with the WLAN data interface relative to a connection routine of the non-WLAN data interface, the change of the aggressiveness to enable one or more preferred connection characteristics for the computerized client device consistent with second data.

A background scanner apparatus, comprising:

• an radio frequency (RF) receiver apparatus;
• an antenna apparatus;
• a processor apparatus in data communication with the RF receiver apparatus and the antenna apparatus;
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• a storage apparatus in data communication with the processor apparatus and comprising at least one computer program, the at least one computer program comprising a plurality of instructions which are configured to, when executed by the processor apparatus, cause the background scanner apparatus to:
• cause a configuration of the background scanner apparatus to scan for one or more RF bands of interest;
• detect, via the antenna apparatus, one or more signals that are propagating within a venue, the one or more signals associated with the one or more RF bands of interest;
• compare one or more values associated with the one or more signals to measured values compared to one or more prescribed criteria;
• based at least on the comparison, determine that the one or more values at least meet the one or more prescribed criteria;
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• based at least on the determination, transmit data associated with the one or more values to a controller apparatus;
• wherein the transmitted data is configured to be utilized by the controller apparatus to adjust one or more configurations for one or more respective wireless access point apparatus.