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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2012
Applicants:
Katherine H. Guo, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Thomas Woo, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Katherine H. Guo, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Thomas Woo, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/24 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 92/10 (2009.01); H04W 92/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/245 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 92/10 (2013.01); H04W 92/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide a method and apparatus of providing wireless access point selection based on performance metric(s) and signal strength. In particular, a client selecting between one of a number of wireless access points bases the selection decision on performance metrics as well as signal strength.