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Access point initiated forced roaming based upon bandwidth

  • US 20040001467A1
  • Filed: 06/26/2002
  • Published: 01/01/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to load balance traffic in a communications network including the acts of:

  • dynamically generating and maintaining, in an Access Point, a table which lists, among other things, average bandwidth used by each client device associated with said Access Point;

    monitoring in said table bandwidth usage of each of the client devices; and

    forcing at least one client to disconnect from said Access Point if aggregate bandwidth usage at said Access Point exceeds a predetermined threshold.

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