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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2014
Applicant:

Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Hui Xiao, West Drayton, GB;

Mick Wilson, Romsey, GB;

Kevin Power, Glasgow, GB;

Assignee:

FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04L 12/803 (2013.01); H04W 48/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/0289 (2013.01); H04L 47/122 (2013.01); H04W 28/0252 (2013.01); H04W 28/0284 (2013.01); H04W 48/06 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wireless local area network, WLAN, comprising: access points arranged to maintain wireless links with terminals each arranged to initiate a wireless link with an access point, and to associate with an access point during a service session. A central association server is connected to each of the access points, and is arranged to gather information from a plurality of the terminals via the wireless links between terminals and access points, determine, based on the gathered information, with which access point a terminal which has initiated a wireless link should associate during its service session, and notify the terminal, via the access point with which the terminal initiated the wireless link, of the access point so determined.


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