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Wireless network steering

US10440031B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Derrick Pallus · San Francisco, US
Eric Maassmann · San Francisco, US
Simon Barber · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 21, 2017
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 1, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W88/10
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for steering authorized wireless clients to preferred or restricted wireless networks. In some examples, an access point associated with a preferred wireless network and a non-preferred wireless network can receive one or more probe requests from a wireless client. The access point can withhold a response to the one or more probe requests from the wireless client until a probe response triggering event is detected. In response to detecting the probe response triggering event, the access point can steer the wireless client towards the wireless network by sending, to the wireless client, a first probe response associated with the preferred wireless network and withholding a second probe response associated with the non-preferred wireless network.

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