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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2010
Hari Rangarajan, San Jose, CA (US);
Tak Ming Pang, Fremont, CA (US);
Sandeep Shetty, San Jose, CA (US);
Hari Rangarajan, San Jose, CA (US);
Tak Ming Pang, Fremont, CA (US);
Sandeep Shetty, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In an example embodiment, an apparatus comprising an interface configured to communicate with at least one wireless transceiver, and a controller coupled to the interface. The controller is configured to determine a predefined characteristic such as current load and/or interference for a wireless channel associated with the at least one wireless transceiver. The controller is operable to suppress sending a probe response in response to the at least one wireless transceiver receiving a probe request, wherein how often probe responses are suppressed is based on the predefined characteristic for the wireless channel.