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Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015

Filed:

May. 25, 2011
Applicants:

Thyaga Nandagopal, Edison, NJ (US);

Ajay Sathyanath, Edison, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Thyaga Nandagopal, Edison, NJ (US);

Ajay Sathyanath, Edison, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04L 43/0882 (2013.01); H04L 43/0894 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for determining a load measure associated with a wireless communications node, such as a Wi-Fi access point or cellular base station, is described. A time interval measure representing a time interval between frames transmitted by a node is determined, and a number of user devices associated with the node is determined based on information in the frames transmitted by the node. A load measure associated with the node is determined, based at least on the number of user devices associated with the node and the time interval measure. Systems and apparatus are also described.


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