Coordinating upstream and downstream traffic between access points
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsJohn M. SWARTZ, Robert E. BARTON, Jerome HENRY, Matthew A. SILVERMAN, Fred J. ANDERSON
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Abstract
A method includes monitoring an upstream traffic demand at a first access point and based at least in part on the upstream traffic demand on the first access point, communicating a message that causes a mobile device to transmit upstream messages to the first access point and to receive downstream messages from a second access point. The first access point is physically closer to the mobile device than the second access point.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- monitoring an upstream traffic demand at a first access point;
- and
- based at least in part on the upstream traffic demand on the first access point, communicating a message that causes a mobile device to transmit upstream messages to the first access point and to receive downstream messages from a second access point, wherein the first access point is physically closer to the mobile device than the second access point.
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:
- monitor an upstream traffic demand at a first access point;
- and
- based at least in part on the upstream traffic demand on the first access point, communicate a message that causes a mobile device to transmit upstream messages to the first access point and to receive downstream messages from a second access point, wherein the first access point is physically closer to the mobile device than the second access point.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- determine an upstream traffic demand at a first access point positioned a first distance from a mobile device;
- compare the upstream traffic demand to a threshold;
- and
- in response to determining that the upstream traffic demand exceeds the threshold, communicate a message that causes the mobile device to transmit upstream messages to the first access point and to receive downstream messages from a second access point positioned a second distance from the mobile device, wherein the first distance is shorter than the second distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.