The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kalyan Dharanipragada, Fremont, CA (US);
Gautam D. Bhanage, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Venkatesh Kannan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sachin Ganu, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott McGrath, Boscawen, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/54 (2013.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04B 7/061 (2013.01); H04L 47/10 (2013.01); H04W 72/0486 (2013.01); H04B 7/0608 (2013.01); H04B 7/0619 (2013.01); H04B 7/0626 (2013.01); H04B 7/0632 (2013.01); H04L 12/5695 (2013.01); H04L 47/11 (2013.01); H04L 47/15 (2013.01); H04W 28/0289 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/085 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes steering client devices to access points that potentially increase capacity of communications using beamformed transmissions. In particular, this includes determining the best access points for beamforming to a particular client or a group of clients in the network for an improved throughput performance in the deployment or a subset of access points.