Cisco Technology, Inc.

Netgear, Inc.

Manjunathaharsha Nagaraju

Rohit Kumar Suri

Lizhen Lin

Nitya Sundareswaran

Keerti Lakshminarayan

Mei Tong

Ranga Raju Bhupathi Raju

An unlicensed access point is configured to identify its location and to determine licensed 6 GHz users near that location. The access point periodically generates a beacon frame including a request for location information. Client devices within range of the beacon frame provide their location information to the access point. The access point access point uses the location information gathered from client devices to determine its own location. The access point communicates with a central database containing information on registered licenses within the 6 GHz communication band at the location determined from the client devices. The access point then selects a communication channel within the 6 GHz band that does not conflict with any licensed users in the area, and provides Wi-Fi communication over the selected channel.

Method and apparatus for identifying location information with automatic frequency control

In one implementation, a wireless network device is automatically accessed and configured through a mobile device. The mobile device receives provisioning data encoded for installation and operation of a network device and decodes the provisioning data to identify at least one access parameter for the network device. The mobile device accesses a wireless network of the network device according to the access parameter. Once access has been established, the mobile device transmits a configuration signal including a network configuration setting through the wireless network to the network device for the installation of the network device. The network device is provisioned based on the network configuration setting.

Network device configuration by mobile device

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Manjunathaharsha Nagaraju