Latency announcement by access point
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsAlan W. Dumdei, Malcolm M. Smith, Binita Gupta
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Abstract
Presented herein are techniques to enable a client to identify a suitable link based on latency considerations when configuring an access point (AP). In one embodiment, a method includes determining at least one latency indication associated with a network element, the at least one latency indication including a plurality of statistics indicative of a latency associated with at least a first link supported by the network element. The method also includes causing the at least one latency indication to be provided in a message to a client, and obtaining a request from the client in response to the at least one latency indication.
Claims32
A method comprising:
- determining at least one latency indication associated with a network element, the at least one latency indication including a plurality of statistics indicative of a latency associated with at least a first link supported by the network element;
- causing the at least one latency indication to be provided in a message, the message configured to be provided to a client;
- and
- obtaining a request from the client in response to the at least one latency indication provided in the message.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first network element, the first network element being associated with a first link;
- a second network element;
- a processor;
- logic, when executed by the processor, operable to
- (i) determine at least one latency indication associated with at least one of the first network element and the second network element, the at least one latency indication including a plurality of statistics indicative of a latency associated with at least the first link, and
- (ii) cause the at least one latency indication to be provided in a message, the message configured to be provided to a client;
- and
- a communications arrangement, the communications arrangement configured to obtain a connection request from the client in response to the at least one latency indication.
One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with instructions, that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
- determining at least one latency indication associated with a network element, the at least one latency indication including a plurality of statistics indicative of a latency associated with at least a first link supported by the network element;
- causing the at least one latency indication to be provided in a message, the message configured to be provided to a client;
- obtaining a request from the client in response to the at least one latency indication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.