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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:
Jan. 18, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2017
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

I-Chen Lin, Taipei, TW;

Robin Lin, Taipei, TW;

Han-Kuang Chang, Taipei, TW;

Danny Farnyih Meng, Houston, TX (US);

Isaac Lagnado, Houston, TX (US);

Chao-An Chen, Taipei, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 36/36 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 36/36 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an example, a wireless client station detects a first signal emitted by a first wireless access point and a second signal emitted by a second wireless access point. The wireless client station extracts a first set of data indicative of the signal strength and network congestion of the first wireless access point and a second set of data indicative of the signal strength and network congestion of the second wireless access point. The wireless client station then computes a first performance metric of first wireless access point, based on the first set of data, and a second performance metric of the second wireless access point, based on the second set of data. The wireless client station determines that the first performance metric is greater than the second performance metric and initiates a connection to the first wireless access point in response.


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