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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2018
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Apurv Bhartia, San Mateo, CA (US);
Simon Eric Miani Barber, San Francisco, CA (US);
Feng Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Derrick Lyndon Pallas, San Francisco, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A disclosed method is performed at an access point including a processor and non-transitory memory. The method includes receiving a request message from a client device, where the request message includes a request for an allocation of a wireless channel for the client device from the access point. The method further includes exchanging candidate and load information with a plurality of other access points. The method additionally includes selecting a preferred access point from the access point and the plurality of other access points based on the candidate and load information exchanged with the plurality of other access points. The method also includes facilitating the allocation of the wireless channel for the client device from the preferred access point.