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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
James T. Farricker, North Bend, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/06 (2009.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 28/26 (2009.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 16/12 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/06 (2013.01); H04W 8/205 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 28/26 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01); H04W 16/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes reserving, at a wireless local area network (WLAN) controller, a first reserved communication channel from a plurality of communication channels available for use in a wireless network. The first reserved communication channel is withheld from a dynamic channel allocation process. The method includes receiving, at the WLAN controller, a request from a first device for access to the wireless network. The method further includes allocating the first reserved communication channel to the first device in response to a determination that the first device is included in a list of registered devices.