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Making roaming decisions based on association qualities between wireless devices and wireless access points

  • US 20040246922A1
  • Filed: 06/03/2003
  • Published: 12/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a wireless local area network environment that includes a plurality of wireless access points and a wireless device that is currently associated with a current wireless access point from among the plurality of wireless access points, a method for determining whether the wireless device should roam to associate with another of the wireless access points, the method comprising the following performed by the wireless device:

  • an act of calculating an association quality for the current wireless access point based on a plurality of parameters relevant to the quality of the current association;

    an act of determining that the association quality for the current wireless access point is insufficient;

    an act of calculating an association quality for at least one of the other wireless access points of the plurality of wireless access points;

    an act of comparing the association quality of the current wireless access point to the association quality of the at least one of the other wireless access points; and

    an act of determining that the wireless device should attempt to associate with one of the at least one of the other wireless access points.

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