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Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Santosh B. Kulkarni, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Vishal S. Desai, San Jose, CA (US);

Pooya Monajemi, San Jose, CA (US);

Young Il Choi, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H01Q 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/36 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

Flexible radio assignment with beamsteering antennas is provided by controlling a plurality of Access Points (APs) including steerable antennas to each transmit a first plurality of discovery frames at a first beamwidth; controlling the plurality of APs to steer the steerable antennas at a second beamwidth, less than the first beamwidth, to a plurality of steering angles; controlling the plurality of APs to each transmit a second plurality of discovery frames at each steering angle of the plurality of steering angles; determining an overlap in radio coverage among the plurality of APs based on the first plurality and the second plurality of discovery frames; and identifying redundant radios based on the overlap in radio coverage; and reassigning the redundant radios from use for client transmissions to a secondary role.


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