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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2014
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hui Xiao, West Drayton Middlesex, GB;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A load balancing method in a WLAN having access points () each providing service to terminals () which are within range of the access points and associated with the access points, the method comprising identifying (S, S) overloaded access points, unsatisfied terminals and under-loaded access points; determining (S), for each overloaded access point, how many M among N unsatisfied terminals associated with the access point, where N>=M>=1, need to re-associate with an under-loaded access point in order to satisfy all the unsatisfied terminals associated with the access point; constructing (S), for each overloaded access point, one or more sets of M unsatisfied terminals; and finding (S-S), for each overloaded access point and each set of M unsatisfied terminals, an under-loaded access point with which every terminal in the set of M can be re-associated in order to satisfy all the N unsatisfied terminals associated with the overloaded access point. The load balancing method may be carried out by a LB Server () applied to an enterprise-wide WLAN.