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Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2021
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Mohammad Shabbir Alam, Redmond, WA (US);

Dhanya Krishnan Nair, Redmond, WA (US);

Gianluigi Nusca, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.02);
Abstract

Techniques are described herein that are capable of establishing multiple infrastructure connections to multiple access points via a single wireless network interface controller (WNIC). Capability information is analyzed to determine combination(s) of identified frequency bands over which the WNIC is capable of communicating simultaneously. Availability information is analyzed to determine signal qualities associated with respective available frequency bands. A primary infrastructure connection is established to a first access point via the WNIC based at least in part on a first frequency band associated with the first access point being included among the identified frequency bands and being associated with a relatively high signal quality. A secondary infrastructure connection is established to a second access point via the WNIC based at least in part on a second frequency band associated with the second access point being included among the identified frequency bands in a combination that includes the first frequency band.


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