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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Guangquan Zhou, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Guangquan Zhou, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for wireless local area network airtime fairness. Distribution of airtime amongst a plurality of associated mobile stations can be based on a determination of a total channel availability. The total channel available is based on a total channel utilization determined through detected energy on the channel and a mobile station utilization determined through monitored traffic between the wireless access point and the associated mobile stations.