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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2022
Netgear, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Fernando Lozano, Woodside, CA (US);
Yu Te Lin, Kaohsiung, TW;
Deeksha Kamath, San Jose, CA (US);
Chunyi Guo, San Jose, CA (US);
NETGEAR, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for client steering in mesh networks are disclosed. A first access point (AP) of a network sends a quality of service (QoS) data packet to a client device. A received signal strength indication (RSSI) of the client device is captured using the QoS data packet. A distance between the AP and client device is determined using a Wi-Fi round trip time. A time and day of week is determined. Using machine learning, a second AP is identified for steering the client device to, based on the RSSI, the distance, and the time and day of week. A machine learning model is trained to steer each client device to a respective AP for increasing a throughput of the network based on features extracted from client behavior of the client devices. The second AP is connected to the client device.