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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
May. 12, 2014
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sachin Ganu, San Jose, CA (US);
Pradeep Iyer, Cupertino, CA (US);
ARUBA NETWORKS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure discloses a network device and method for advertising channel load. The disclosed network device aggregates a number of clients that are associated with the network device on a specific wireless communication channel, and advertises the aggregated number to a client on the specific wireless communication channel. Further, the network device can receive aggregated load information on the specific wireless communication channel from another management network device, and further aggregates the load information across multiple wireless networks operating on the same wireless communication channel and coupled to different management network devices.