Redistributing clients based on comparisons to historical connection metrics

US11330515B2 · kind B2 · utility

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 5, 2019
• Grant date: May 10, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 5, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W88/08
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical 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.