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Distribution of clients across a network

US10448321B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

ARRIS Enterprises LLC · US

Inventors

Pratibha Gupta · Cupertino, US
Peter G. Khoury · San Francisco, US
William S. Kish · Saratoga, US
Allen Ka Lun Miu · Fremont, US
Victor Shtrom · Los Altos, US
David Sheldon Stephenson · San Jose, US
Huayan Wang · Hauppauge, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 2015
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 23, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W88/08
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for instituting redistribution of wireless clients to improve service, comprising via access point (AP), multiple APs acting in concert, and/or a central entity, in connection with a network, allowing a client to associate; deciding that an associated client should be redistributed based on a connection metric, wherein the decision is based on at least one of, a probability calculation, network metric and a threshold comparison; and via the AP, sending the associated client a trigger, wherein the trigger is at least one of, a redistribution request and a disconnect message.

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