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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2020
Plume Design, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
William J. Mcfarland, Portola Valley, CA (US);
PLUME DESIGN, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) optimized steering in Wi-Fi networks (A,). The present disclosure contemplates operation in a multiple access point network () utilizing OFDMA technology, e.g., IEEE 802.11ax, where clients are connected to the access points considering the effect on OFDMA operation depending on where the clients are connected. That is, the present disclosure considers OFDMA operation in the context of optimization in a distributed or multiple access point network (). The optimization decision is based on capabilities of client devices and/or the access points, including OFDMA capability, MIMO capability, channel capability, etc. The optimization decision is used to select where client devices should connect, and optimization factors may include individual device throughput, joint load throughput (system capacity), fairness, etc.