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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2010
Soren K. Lundsgaard, Inverness, IL (US);
Mohsin S. Bhally, Glendale Heights, IL (US);
Giuseppe Mario Di Prizio, Chicago, IL (US);
Tom Lee, Springdale, AR (US);
Soren K. Lundsgaard, Inverness, IL (US);
Mohsin S. Bhally, Glendale Heights, IL (US);
Giuseppe Mario Di Prizio, Chicago, IL (US);
Tom Lee, Springdale, AR (US);
Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Techniques are provided for selecting an access point (AP) to communicate with from a plurality of candidate access points (APs) when a wireless communication device (WCD) roams in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The WCD can determine whether a particular link quality metric (e.g., a signal strength indicator value) of a particular preferred access point (that has the highest link quality metric) is greater than an upper threshold. If so, the WCD can then create a preferred candidate list that comprises only preferred access points, and determine whether a current serving access point of the wireless communication device is a preferred access point. If the current serving access point is not a preferred access point, the WCD can initiate a roam to the particular preferred access point that has the strongest link quality metric.