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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2016
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Ajay Mahimkar, Woodbridge, NJ (US);
Zihui Ge, Madison, NJ (US);
Weiyi Zhang, Edison, NJ (US);
Lili Qiu, Austin, TX (US);
Mubashir Adnan Qureshi, Austin, TX (US);
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Communication networks go through frequent upgrades, whereby access point (AP) devices that serve network client devices are brought offline to effectuate the upgrade. Concurrently upgrading too many AP devices within a given geographic area can lead to coverage holes where no service is available, congestion where data cannot be sufficiently communicated, or other service degradation. On the other hand, upgrading too few AP devices within the area can result in a network-wide upgrade time that is too great. An architecture is presented that can efficiently generate a schedule for upgrading AP devices of a communication network.