Method of providing wireless signal strength and congestion data of an access point
First Claim
1. A method of providing signal strength information and congestion information related to use of an access point by a first node, comprising:
- detecting the usage of the access point wireless environment by other nodes in order to obtain congestion information related to the access point;
detecting wireless network signal strength information at the first node; and
displaying, at the first node, the signal strength information and the congestion information.
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Abstract
A technique for displaying both wireless signal strength information and congestion information related to the use of a wireless access point by a wireless node is provided. The technique may include the use of a graphical display. Further the technique may include the use a common icon to display both the signal strength and congestion information. The number of bars on the icon may indicate signal strength while some other graphical indicator of the icon, such as color may indicate congestion. Congestion may be based upon the number of other nodes utilizing the wireless access point and/or the amount of bandwidth utilized by other nodes connecting to the access point. A user utilize the presented information to make an informed selection of whether to connect to a particular access point based on the data provided. Signal strength may indicate the signal to noise ratio, and can be depicted with bars on a graphical illustration, while congestion data can be depicted by color, boldness, grey scale, cross-hatching or the like of the bars.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of providing signal strength information and congestion information related to use of an access point by a first node, comprising:
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detecting the usage of the access point wireless environment by other nodes in order to obtain congestion information related to the access point; detecting wireless network signal strength information at the first node; and displaying, at the first node, the signal strength information and the congestion information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of providing signal strength information and congestion information related to use of an access point by a first node, comprising:
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detecting an amount of other nodes connected to an access point in an area as part of determining a wireless network congestion level; determining a signal strength at the first node; and graphically displaying, at the first node, the signal strength and the congestion level. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An information handling system having a wireless signal strength and congestion data display related to use of an access point, comprising:
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a wireless device within the information handling system configured to detect usage of the access point wireless environment by surrounding wireless nodes in order to obtain congestion information related to the access and to detect the wireless signal strength of the access point wireless environment; a display window within the information handling system, the information handling system configured to provide signal strength and congestion data in the display window. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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