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Dhanya Krishnan Nair

Shai Guday

Mohammad Shabbir Alam

Gianluigi Nusca

Daniel J Hwang

Priyanka Bhargavi Vegesna

John Sukkar

Techniques are described herein that are capable of establishing multiple infrastructure connections to multiple access points via a single wireless network interface controller (WNIC). Capability information is analyzed to determine combination(s) of identified frequency bands over which the WNIC is capable of communicating simultaneously. Availability information is analyzed to determine signal qualities associated with respective available frequency bands. A primary infrastructure connection is established to a first access point via the WNIC based at least in part on a first frequency band associated with the first access point being included among the identified frequency bands and being associated with a relatively high signal quality. A secondary infrastructure connection is established to a second access point via the WNIC based at least in part on a second frequency band associated with the second access point being included among the identified frequency bands in a combination that includes the first frequency band.

Establishing multiple infrastructure connections to multiple access points via a single wireless network interface controller

Described herein is a system and method leveraging infrastructure and client based location information in a hybrid positioning model. Location information can be received from a client device by a geospatial service component. For example, the location information can be calculated using fine time measurement (FTM) of IEEE 802.11mc and an access point. Positioning information can be determined based, at least in part, upon the received location information. The positioning information can include information regarding a physical environment of the client device. The positioning information can be provided to the client device.

Leveraging infrastructure and client based location information in a hybrid positioning model

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