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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2017
Arris Enterprises Llc, Suwanee, GA (US);
Carol J. Ansley, Johns Creek, GA (US);
ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer readable media may be operable to facilitate an allocation of one or more channels to one or more preferred stations. An access point may be configured to allocate the use of one or more sub-bands of a frequency spectrum to one or more stations. One or more sub-bands may be assigned to one or more preferred stations, thereby creating a plurality of virtual networks provided by the access point. The virtual networks provided by the access point may support different authentication and encryption options. The access point may simultaneously communicate with a plurality of stations by simultaneously transmitting and/or receiving communications over the different sub-bands.