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US 2023/0413115 A1Published application
Wireless access point load balancing
AssigneeCable Television Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsVIKAS SARAWAT, BERNARD McKIBBEN, NEEHARIKA ALLANKI
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Abstract
Managing wireless access points and/or other devices providing wireless signaling to multiple clients is contemplated. The wireless access point may be managed according to a load balancing strategy directed towards achieving desired network throughput using forced disassociation of clients based on traffic type or other service related indicators and/or force disassociation of roaming partners based on neighboring access point capabilities.
Claims10
A wireless access point comprising:
- a wireless interface to exchange wireless signals with authenticated devices in proximity thereto;
- a controller to implement a load balancing process to manage devices authenticated to exchange signals via the wireless interface, the load balancing process including forcing a disassociation of one or more of the authenticated devices according to a disassociation process, the disassociation process iteratively disassociating the authenticated devices according to an order specified in a ranking until a throughput of the wireless interface meets or exceeds a threshold, wherein the disassociation process includes determining the order as a function of a traffic type associated with wireless signaling being exchanged between the wireless interface and the authenticated devices and/or a service related indicator and/or a roaming partner in common with a secondary access point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.