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Antenna beam switching in multi-access point coordination

US11659559B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Ardalan Alizadeh · Milpitas, US
Sivadeep Reddy Kalavakuru · Akron, US
Gautam Bhanage · Sunnyvale, US
John Matthew Swartz · Ruelle M. Durand, US
Matthew A. Silverman · Shaker Heights, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 28, 2022
Grant date	May 23, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 28, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W74/06
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Optimal determination of wireless network pathway configurations may be provided. A computing device may establish Multi-Access Point (AP) coordination between at least a first AP and a second AP. The first AP can determine an uplink operation is scheduled. When an uplink is scheduled, the first AP can switch its antenna to a narrow beamwidth. The first AP can then receive uplink transmissions from at least a client in the coverage area of the narrow beamwidth. After the uplink transmission, the first AP can then switch the antenna to a larger beamwidth for a next Multi-AP coordination operation.

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