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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2015
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Avi Weitzman, Munich, DE;
Doron Ezri, Munich, DE;
Shimi Shilo, Munich, DE;
Fuqing Sun, Nanjing, CN;
Wei Ruan, Suzhou, CN;
Ronghu Fan, Munich, DE;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for providing an efficient multi-client access in a WLAN, the method comprising the step of: when the number of clients exceeds a threshold, creating at least two virtual access points (VAP, VAP, VAP); load balancing by distributing workloads across the created at least two virtual access points; and dynamically allocating at least one quality of service parameter (e.g., timeslots, AIFS, TXOP, maximum and minimum contention window) to each of the created at least two virtual access points.