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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2002
Walter Barnum, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Walter Barnum, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method or system of enabling a wireless client device to select an access point based on at least two performance related parameters. A performance related parameter is a measurement of how efficiently a particular access point transfers data. By selecting an access point based on more than one performance related parameter, a wireless client device is more likely communicate with the most efficient access point. In addition, the wireless network as a whole will be more balanced and have a greater capacity if each of the wireless client devices is connected to the access point that provides the most efficient communications.