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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Robert E. Barton, Richmond, CA;

Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US);

Federico Lovison, Fontanelle, IT;

Indermeet Singh Gandhi, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 8/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04W 8/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for using 802.11v action report messages to enhance roaming. In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting, to a station, a transition management message that identifies a recommended access point for roaming for the station, receiving, from the station, an action report in response to the transition management message, where the action report indicates feedback to the recommended access point identified in the transition management message, and determining a roaming recommendation based on the action report.


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