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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2014
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ramesh Ardeli, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hari Krishna Kurmala, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vamsi Kodavanty, Fremont, CA (US);
ARUBA NETWORKS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are described for intelligently steering client devices operating in an enterprise network system to an appropriate access point based on types of traffic on each client device and/or types of traffic on access points. In particular, client devices may be moved to a different access point when the wireless channel provided by a current access point fails to meet the signal strength requirements of latency sensitive traffic utilized by the client device. Client devices may be further steered to new access points based on load conditions on access points. For example, client devices with low priority traffic sessions may be steered away from access points with high traffic load levels. Accordingly, the methods and systems described herein ensure improved network access for latency sensitive access categories and/or access categories that are considered important to an enterprise system with minimal disruptions to these sessions.