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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2016
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Sandip Homchaudhuri, San Jose, CA (US);
Shu Du, Milpitas, CA (US);
Sumeet Kumar, San Jose, CA (US);
Sohani Ganesh Rao, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul Husted, San Jose, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices are described for wireless communications associated with a multidimensional algorithm for roaming. In one aspect, an access point (or like device) transmits a beacon signal. The access point receives, from a station in receipt of the beacon signal, a probe signal including at least one metric. The access point transmits a response signal based at least in part on the received probe signal, the response signal including information associated with the at least one metric.