Pre-notification of potential connection loss in wireless local area network
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1. A wireless local area network comprising:
- a wireless access point coupled to a wired local area network;
at least one user device having a wireless network connection to the wireless access point;
a connection loss likelihood monitor to determine whether there is an elevated likelihood of the user device losing a wireless network connection; and
an enunciator, co-located with the user device, to notify a user when the connection loss likelihood monitor determines that there is an elevated likelihood of losing the wireless network connection.
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Abstract
Notification is provided to a user within a wireless local area network when there is an elevated likelihood of losing a wireless network connection.
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38 Claims
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1. A wireless local area network comprising:
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a wireless access point coupled to a wired local area network;
at least one user device having a wireless network connection to the wireless access point;
a connection loss likelihood monitor to determine whether there is an elevated likelihood of the user device losing a wireless network connection; and
an enunciator, co-located with the user device, to notify a user when the connection loss likelihood monitor determines that there is an elevated likelihood of losing the wireless network connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A wireless network interface card for insertion into a user device, comprising:
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a connection loss likelihood monitor to determine whether there is an elevated likelihood of the user device losing a wireless connection to a local area network; and
means for causing notice to be provided to a user of the user device when the connection loss likelihood monitor determines that there is an elevated likelihood of losing the wireless connection to the local area network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for use within a wireless local area network, comprising:
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determining whether there is an elevated likelihood that a user device in the wireless local area network will lose a wireless connection with a local area network over a wireless communication channel; and
notifying a user of the user device when it is determined that there is an increased likelihood that the user device will lose the wireless connection with the local area network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A wireless network interface card for insertion into a user device, comprising:
a controller to cause notification to be provided to a user of the user device when a signal strength associated with a wireless communication channel between the wireless network interface card and a remote network access point of a local area network is determined to be within a predetermined range. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A wireless access point to provide wireless access to a local area network for a user device, comprising:
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a receiver to receive signals from the user device and couple them to a local area netwrk;
a signal strength monitor to monitor the strength of the signals received from the user device; and
a controller to generate a signal strength response signal for delivery to the user device when a signal strength request signal is received from the user device, said signal strength request signal requesting signal strength information for use in determining whether to notify a user associated with the user device of a potential loss of connection to the local area network, said controller to generate said signal strength response signal based on information output by the signal strength monitor. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for notifying a user associated with a user device of a potential loss of a wireless network connection, comprising:
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obtaining signal strength information relating to a wireless communication channel between the user device and a network access point in a local area network said network access point providing access to the local area network for the user device; and
notifying the user when the signal strength information indicates a signal strength within a predetermined range. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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