Arris Enterprises LLC

Google Inc.

Ruckus IP Holdings LLC

Jay William Strater

Gregory Nobutaka Nakanishi

Kurt Alan Lumbatis

Paul Douglas Baker

Mark Alan Hamilton

Carol J Ansley

Subha Rajasekar

Christophe Piel

Michael J Hartman

Diwya Kandagath Mohanan

Chethan Alur Gurumallappa

Kwoktung Brian Lo

Ken Haase

Alexander Medvinsky

Paul Moroney

Brian Daniel Mullen

Christopher S Del Sordo

Yeqing Wang

Brian J Copley

Ted R Michaud

Scott D Sellers

Mark Hamilton

Xi Chen

Paul D Baker

Donald Cochrane

Paul Baker

Kurt Lumbatis

A wireless network extender device is for use with a wireless access point device which is connected to a wireless network. The wireless network extender device is configured to transmit an onboarding communication on a current operating channel. The wireless network extender device includes: a radio; a memory having instructions and country code data; and a processor configured to execute the instructions stored on the memory to cause the wireless network extender device to: receive the onboarding communication on the current operating channel; identify a determined maximum broadcasting power based on the onboarding communication and the country code data; and initiate an onboarding process with the wireless access point device at the determined maximum broadcasting power on the current operating channel.

Country code or transmission power configuration prior to onboarding an extender

A client device is provided for use with a user, a network extender device and a gateway device. The client device includes: a memory; a graphic user interface configured to provide an instruction to the user to place the client device within a predetermined distance from the network extender device; and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the client device to: obtain the backhaul credentials from the wireless network; obtain the extender identification data from the network extender device; instruct the graphic user interface to provide the instruction to the user to place the client device within a predetermined distance from the network extender device; communicate with the network extender device based on the extender identification data; and provide the backhaul credentials to the network extender device to enable the network extender device to join the wireless network.

Practical easyconnect onboarding of extenders

A steering controller of an access point device can provide an optimized network environment or performance by steering a target client device to a basic service set (BSS) of a network device that is different from the current BSS of the target client device based on one or more non-associated client (NAC) link quality parameters to the BSS on the network device. The steering controller can identify the target client device based on a steering condition. A delta link quality can be determined based on the NAC link quality parameters and the target link quality parameters associated with the target client device. The steering controller can send one or more steering instructions to the target client device if a candidate BSS is identified based on a comparison between a determined maximum difference between a NAC link quality parameter and a target link quality parameter and an associated threshold.

Steering to optimize performance in mesh networks

A client device for use with a wireless network controller device, a connected wireless APD and a second wireless APD, the client device including: a memory; and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the client device to: associate with the wireless network; and transmit an onboard new APD instruction to the wireless network controller device to cause the wireless network controller device to: transmit a restricted mode instruction to instruct the connected wireless APD and to instruct the connected wireless APD to transmit a beacon; receive a notification of the probe request; transmit the onboarding instruction to instruct the connected wireless APD; and transmit the primary mode instruction to instruct the connected wireless APD, wherein the onboarding instruction causes one of: the connected wireless APD to transmit the beacon; and the connected wireless APD to not transmit the beacon only on the assigned channel.

Functionality to improve extender onboarding prior to country code determination

A method of OFDMA subcarrier allocation for stations in a wireless network includes determining a total downlink buffered traffic load for downlink traffic from a gateway device to the stations, and receiving a total uplink buffered traffic load for uplink traffic from the stations to the gateway device. The method further includes determining a first ratio of total downlink buffered traffic load for each station in relation to total downlink buffered traffic load for all stations, determining a second ratio of total uplink buffered traffic load for each station in relation to total uplink buffered traffic load for all stations, performing OFDMA subcarrier allocation for the downlink traffic by assigning available channel bandwidth proportional to the first ratio for each station, and performing OFDMA subcarrier allocation for the uplink traffic by assigning available channel bandwidth proportional to the second ratio for each station.

Method and apparatus for optimized OFDMA subcarrier allocation

Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate an exchange of messages between an access point and a station, wherein the access point an unsolicited unique identifier response that comprises a unique identifier from the station. The station provides the unsolicited unique identifier response to the access point after a secure connection is established between the access point and the station such that the unsolicited unique identifier response is sent via the secure connection. The response from the station may include additional limitations on the use of the unique identifier by the access point. The access point may provide different features a station or allow or disallow access to a service or a feature depending upon the unsolicited unique identifier response received from the station.

Unsolicited handling of unique identifier for stations

Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate an exchange of messages between an access point and a station, wherein the access point requests a unique identifier from the station. The station may either respond with a message declining to provide a unique identifier or respond with a message including a unique identifier to be used by the access point for the station. The response from the station may include additional limitations on the use of the unique identifier by the access point. The access point may enforce different policies against a station depending upon how the station responds to the unique identifier request.

Handling of unique identifiers for stations

A network access device, such as an extender or a multi-AP device, includes one or more backhaul stations providing one of a wireless backhaul connection and a wired backhaul connection to communicate with a root device, one or more of Fronthaul Basic Service Set (fBSS) radios initially configured in a downstate, a memory storing computer-readable instructions and includes a factory default or non-operative country code, and a processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to initiate an onboarding process through the root device using the one or more backhaul stations, during the onboarding process, receive a country code in a predetermined type of message, store the country code received in the predetermined type of message in the memory, and configure the one or more fBSS radios using the country code received in the predetermined type of message.

Setting country code in a network access device during an onboarding process

Methods, systems, and computer readable media may be operable to facilitate client device band steering based upon deep packet inspection information. An access point may be configured to steer one or more client devices from a low frequency band to a high frequency band, and vice versa, based on the status of the low frequency band and/or high frequency band and the client devices associated with the bands. The access point may perform a deep packet inspection of data packet traffic associated with each associated client device, and may classify each client device as either a device associated with a media session or a device that is not associated with a media session based upon information retrieved from the deep packet inspection. The access point may choose one or more client devices to disassociate from a frequency band based upon the media session classification of the client devices.

Band steering using deep packet inspection

A controller for steering a client device between content streaming apparatuses in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The controller is configured to determine whether a client device should be steered to a content streaming apparatus based on at least one sample measurement related to the client device and/or the content streaming apparatus. The steering logic calculations may use predetermined thresholds.

Wireless steering controller

A wireless gateway for steering a client device between content streaming apparatuses in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The gateway provides an access point (GW AP) including a gateway steering controller configured to determine whether a client device should be steered to a content streaming apparatus based on at least one sample measurement on received signal strength between the client device and the content streaming apparatus and at least one other content streaming apparatus, and conduct steering logic calculations. The steering logic calculations are compared against predetermined thresholds, and said gateway steering controller provides an instruction to steer the client device to one of the content streaming apparatuses based on a difference between the steering logic calculations and the predetermined thresholds. Optionally, the gateway steering controller may also provide band steering as well as signal strength steering.

Steering between content streaming devices using derived link metrics and channel utilization information

WLAN access point configured to: configure a first wireless extender device not to exceed a hop limit; cause the first wireless extender device to initiate messaging with a root APD via a root fronthaul BSS to receive credentials for a backhaul BSS; cause the first wireless extender device to onboard onto the root APD via the backhaul BSS using the received credentials; enable a second wireless extender device to initiate messaging via the first fronthaul BSS of the first wireless extender device to obtain the credentials for the backhaul BSS; and prevent, in a case that the hop limit has been reached, the second wireless extender device from onboarding onto the backhaul BSS of the first wireless extender device so as to cause the second wireless extender device to onboard onto either the root APD or another wireless extender device.

Method and control of hop limitation in Wi-Fi multi-access point device network

An apparatus, method, and computer-readable recording medium perform client optimized onboarding in a wireless network. A network controller of a gateway device determines a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a new client device, receives a second RSSI of the new client device from each of one or more wireless extenders, and determines a strongest RSSI among the determined first RSSI and the received second RSSI from each of the one or more wireless extenders. The network controller of the gateway device receives an onboarding request with respect to any one or the gateway device and the one or more wireless extenders, and sends a command to proceed with an onboarding operation of the new client device to any one of the gateway device and the one or more wireless extenders having the strongest RSSI from the new client device.

Optimized onboarding of devices in a wireless network

A network controller is provided for use with a client device. The network controller includes a memory and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory. The instructions when executed by the processor cause the network controller to set a value of a steering delay based on a steering trigger type, transmit a steering request to steer the client device from a first BSS ID to a second BSS ID, determine whether the client device has steered from the first BSS ID to the second BSS ID during the steering delay measured from the transmission of the steering request, and in response to a determination that the client device has not steered from the first BSS ID to the second BSS ID during the steering delay, increase the value of the steering delay by an increase amount and again transmit the steering request.

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