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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2014
Seven Networks, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Vivek Agarwal, Foster City, CA (US);
Varun Sundharbabu, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Chaitali Sengupta, Richardson, TX (US);
Yuan Kang Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Seven Networks, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for network and/or evaluation and selection based on received signal strength at a device. For example, an received signal strength indicator (RSSI) can be measured (e.g., using Android API or other suitable methods). Then, the measured RSSI level can be compared against a threshold RSSI level, which can be determined on a device-by-device basis. In some embodiments, the RSSI values can assist the network evaluation and selection in certain situations, for example, where WiFi network quality is degraded because of locational movement and not backbone structure, and/or where there are multiple access points (APs) providing WiFi networks under the same SSID and each AP having different effective coverage. Further, in some embodiments, the RSSI values can provide the capabilities of WiFi AP suspension based on MAC addresses. In some embodiments, the RSSI values can be adopted to trigger QoE measurements.