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Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2009
Applicants:

Zongming Yao, Shanghai, CN;

Lei Shen, Shanghai, CN;

Inventors:

Zongming Yao, Shanghai, CN;

Lei Shen, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques are described that provide load balancing in wireless networks. For instance, a device (e.g., a first access point) may receive one or more current operational characteristics for each of one or more neighbor APs. Also, the first AP may determine a received signal strength for each of these neighbor AP(s). In turn, the first AP selects one or more reportable neighbor APs from these neighbor APs. Further, the first AP transmits a beacon. This beacon includes, for each reportable neighbor AP, the corresponding one or more current operational characteristics and the corresponding received signal strength.


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