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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Fortinet, Inc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Maria Valavan Savarimuthu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Dinesh Raman, Milpitas, CA (US);

Sanjay Gandotra, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/08 (2009.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 76/00 (2018.01); H04W 24/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/08 (2013.01); H04L 43/08 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/1029 (2013.01); H04L 67/1031 (2013.01); H04W 76/00 (2013.01); H04W 24/04 (2013.01); H04W 72/1231 (2013.01); H04W 72/1247 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Load balancing for cloud-based monitoring of Wi-Fi devices on local access networks is based on local conditions. Requests for connection are received from Wi-Fi devices of the plurality of WLANs exceed a threshold. An indication of at least one condition for each of the WLANs is also received either with the connection request or separately. Example conditions include, without limitation, a number of local connections, network security breaches, guaranteed service levels, local latency or congestion, power outages or reboots, and the like. In response, at least one Wi-Fi device is prioritized and scheduled based on a corresponding at least one condition.


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