Program for associating access points with stations in a wireless network
First Claim
1. A program product for use in an access point in a wireless communications environment including multiple access points and stations, wherein stations gain network access by associating with one or more of the access points, the program product comprising a computer readable medium having embodied therein a computer program for storing data, the computer program comprising:
- logic for keeping track of one or more parameters related to stations in the network;
logic for causing a station to become associated with the access point based upon the one or more parameters.
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Abstract
The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically choose a channel such that channel usage is optimized. Furthermore, APs can perform automatic power adjustment so that multiple APs can operate on the same channel while minimizing interference with each other. Wireless stations are load balanced across APs so that user bandwidth is optimized. A movement detection scheme provides seamless roaming of stations between APs.
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6 Claims
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1. A program product for use in an access point in a wireless communications environment including multiple access points and stations, wherein stations gain network access by associating with one or more of the access points, the program product comprising a computer readable medium having embodied therein a computer program for storing data, the computer program comprising:
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logic for keeping track of one or more parameters related to stations in the network;
logic for causing a station to become associated with the access point based upon the one or more parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A program product for use in an access point in a wireless communications environment including multiple access points and stations, wherein stations gain network access by associating with one or more of the access points, the program product comprising a computer readable medium having embodied therein a computer program for storing data, the computer program comprising:
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logic for keeping track of one or more parameters related to stations in the network, wherein the logic for keeping track includes logic for receiving messages from stations, and wherein the messages include at least some of the one or more parameters;
wherein a parameter may be the number of stations associated with the access point, and wherein another parameter may be the distance of a station from the access point; and
logic for causing a station to become associated with the access point based upon the one or more parameters.
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