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Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2020
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Malcolm M. Smith, Richardson, TX (US);

Venkataprasad Chirreddy, Milpitas, CA (US);

Guru Prasanna Gopalakrishnan, San Jose, CA (US);

James F. Florwick, Frederick, MD (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04J 1/16 (2006.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/085 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for dynamic bandwidth expansion are provided. A first set of channel quality metrics is collected, by an access point (AP) communicating using a first bandwidth, for an expanded bandwidth beyond the first bandwidth. A second set of channel quality metrics for the expanded bandwidth is received from one or more stations. An available portion of the expanded bandwidth is then determined based on the first and second sets of channel quality metrics. Communication with the one or more stations is initiated using the available portion of the expanded bandwidth.


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