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Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2016
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ziv Nuss, Tsur Yigal, IL;

Alon Ben Ami, Gedera, IL;

Mark Grayson, Maidenhead, GB;

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04W 52/34 (2009.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04B 17/336 (2015.01); H04B 17/345 (2015.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 52/42 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04B 17/336 (2015.01); H04B 17/345 (2015.01); H04W 36/0094 (2013.01); H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 52/34 (2013.01); H04W 52/42 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for improving performance in a residential/community WiFi network is implemented on a self-optimizing network (SON) server and includes: receiving current configuration details and local performance statistics from SON clients installed in access points (APs) in the residential/community WiFi networks, where at least one of the APs is a residential AP configured to provide WiFi connectivity to both authorized users of the residential AP and a community of WiFi users not associated with the residential AP, analyzing at least the current configuration details and local performance statistics to identify performance issues in the residential/community WiFi network, determining remedial actions based on the analyzing, and instructing the access points to perform the remedial actions via the SON clients.


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