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Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 06, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US);

Robert E. Barton, Richmond, CA;

Thomas Szigeti, Vancouver, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/54 (2023.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/543 (2023.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/543 (2023.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method for application control and Quality of Service (QoS) handling may be provided. A request may be received for scheduling a communication between an Access Point (AP) and a user device for sending data of an application. It may be determined that the request does not comprise network characteristics of the application. In response to determining that the request does not comprise the network characteristics of the application, the network characteristics may be requested from a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) controller. The network characteristics may be received from the WLAN controller. Schedules for the application may be determined based on the network characteristics. The schedules may be enabled.


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