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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2020
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
John Apostolopoulos, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John M. Graybeal, Califon, NJ (US);
Louis Gwyn Samuel, Swindon, GB;
Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a system includes: a download server instantiated on a computing device, and a multiplicity of wireless access points (APs), where the download server is operative to: receive a download request from a mobile device, determine a current location for the mobile device, predict a route for the mobile device based at least on the current location, allocate at least one target AP along the route from among the multiplicity of wireless APs, and in response to the download request, forward at least one download file to the at least one target AP, where the at least one target AP is operative to: receive the at least one download file, identify the mobile device, and download at least part of the download file to the mobile device in an mmWave transmission.