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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2015
Meru Networks, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ajay Malik, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Saurabh Bhargava, San Jose, CA (US);
Avinash Bhagtani, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Radhakrishnan Suryanarayanan, Fremont, CA (US);
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present description provides methods, computer program products, and systems for alternative network communication for access point troubleshooting and monitoring. When a station has difficulty initiating or maintaining a connection with an access point, or even when performance is suboptimal, alternative network communication is initiated. The issue can be handled by reporting to a troubled access point for self-correction, or by uploading interrogation commands or code for active correction externally by a station. Further actions can be taken, for example, when a station determines through alternative communication that a troubled access point itself has connection issues to a back end network, the station uses a different access point for reporting up to a network admin. Although Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are described herein, other combinations of wireless protocols are implementable.