Wireless load balancing across bands

Details Wireless load balancing across bands Wireless load balancing across bands

2006-06-01

2009-08-18

Ferguson, Keith T (Department: 2618)

Telecommunications

Transmitter and receiver at separate stations

Plural transmitters or receivers

C455S550100, C455S552100, C455S553100, C455S551000, C455S422100, C370S310000, C370S328000, C370S329000, C370S343000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07577453

ABSTRACT:
A technique for wireless load balancing involves providing a wireless infrastructure that creates a target band option and helps push clients toward that band. An example of a method according to the technique involves, by way of example but not limitation, responding only to probe requests on a first band when a client is detected on the first band and a second band. For example, using the techniques described herein, a platform that is both 802.11a and 802.11b/g compliant may attempt to connect preferentially to the 802.11b/g band of a wireless network, and be migrated toward the 802.11a band instead.

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