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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2015
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Alfred Schmidt, Ottawa, CA;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method is implemented by a network node in relation to a basic service set (BSS) that includes an access point providing a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). The network node predicts a downlink data rate for downlink transmissions from the access point to a particular UE based on either signal qualities of a first set of uplink transmissions which are sent from the particular UE to the access point or a default signal quality value. The UE is either already part of the BSS or is being evaluated for admission to the BSS. The predicted downlink data rate is weighted by a metric that accounts for channel conditions of the BSS to determine a predicted downlink throughput for downlink transmissions from the access point to the particular UE. The predicted downlink throughput is used for controlling the BSS.