Access point group transmissions

• US 10,257,769 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2017
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Doyle, Aidan, Patwardhan, Gaurav
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Application Number:
  US15/445,903
• Publication Number:
  US 20180249396A1
• Time in Patent Office: 770 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0452 Multi-user MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/00 Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks routing or path finding in wireless networks H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/16 Multipoint routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/15 Interconnection of switching modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/02 Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/22 using selective relaying for reaching a BTS [Base Transceiver Station] or an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/32 for defining a routing cluster membership
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Example implementations relate to access point group transmissions. For example, an access point can include instructions to determine a first mesh point to be a first hop for a first data packet and determine a second mesh point to be a second hop for a second data packet. In some examples, the access point can include instructions to group the first mesh point and the second mesh point, and utilize the group to simultaneously transmit the first data packet to the first mesh point and the second data packet to the second mesh point.

Claims

1. An access point, comprising:

a processing resource; and

a memory resource storing machine readable instructions to cause the processing resource to;

determine a first mesh point to be a first hop for a first data packet;

determine a second mesh point to be a second hop for a second data packet;

group the first mesh point and the second mesh point; and

utilize the group to simultaneously transmit the first data packet to the first mesh point and the second data packet to the second mesh point, wherein the access point temporarily treats the group as client devices in a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) group.

2. The access point of claim 1, wherein the first mesh point is in a downlink path of the access point and the second mesh point is in an uplink path of the access point.

3. The access point of claim 1, wherein the first mesh point and the second mesh point are communicatively coupled to the access point by a wireless backhaul.

4. The access point of claim 1, wherein the first data packet is different than the second data packet.

5. The access point of claim 1, wherein the first mesh point and the second mesh point are non-client devices.

6. The access point of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first mesh point and the second mesh point are a mesh portal connected to a distribution system.

7. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium having stored thereon machine readable instructions to cause a computer processor of a network device to:

receive a first data packet and a second data packet that is different than the first data packet;

identify a first access point to be used as a hop for transmitting the first data packet and a second access point to be used as a hop for transmitting the second data packet respectively;

generate a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) group including both the first access point and the second access point, wherein the first access point and the second access point are temporarily treated as client devices;

transmit the first data packet and the second data packet to the MU-MIMO group by treating the first and second access points as client devices, wherein the first and second access points are non-client devices.

8. The machine readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of data packets are transmitted to a corresponding access point of the plurality of access points based on a destination of each of the plurality of data packets.

9. The machine readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the plurality of data packets are transmitted simultaneously to the MU-MIMO group.

10. The machine readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein a portion of the plurality of data packets are transmitted to a corresponding portion of the plurality of access points in an uplink path.

11. The machine readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of data packets include a different type of data corresponding to a specific destination.

12. A method comprising:

receiving, at a first mesh point;

a first data packet and a second data packet that is different than the first data packet;

identifying, at the first mesh point, a second mesh point to be used as a hop for transmitting the first data packet and a third mesh point to be used as a hop for transmitting the second data packet; and

grouping, by the first mesh point, the second mesh point and the third mesh point into a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) group to be temporarily treated as client devices, wherein the second mesh point and the third mesh point are non-client devices.

13. The method of claim 12, comprising transmitting, by the first mesh point, the first data packet to the second mesh point and simultaneously transmitting, by the first mesh point, the second data packet to the third mesh point.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein transmitting the first data packet is performed in a downlink path and transmitting the second data packet is performed in an uplink path.