THROTTLING ACCESS POINTS
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1. A method comprising:
- monitoring wireless activity in a wireless domain;
determining a power level appropriate for the wireless activity;
adjusting a throttle setting of a throttleable access point (TAP) from a first throttle setting associated with a low power (LP) mode to a second throttle setting associated with a high power (HP) mode, wherein the second throttle setting corresponds to the power level determined to be appropriate for the wireless activity, and wherein adjusting the throttle setting to the second throttle setting causes the TAP to enter the HP mode.
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Abstract
A technique for controlling the amount of power consumed by access points (APs) of a wireless network involves implementing throttleable APs (TAPs). It would be desirable for the TAPs to be in a relatively low power mode during periods of low activity, and switch to a high power mode in response to increased wireless activity. To that end, a throttling engine can be implemented to throttle TAPs up in power in response to increases in wireless activity, and throttle TAPs down in power in response to decreases in wireless activity.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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monitoring wireless activity in a wireless domain; determining a power level appropriate for the wireless activity; adjusting a throttle setting of a throttleable access point (TAP) from a first throttle setting associated with a low power (LP) mode to a second throttle setting associated with a high power (HP) mode, wherein the second throttle setting corresponds to the power level determined to be appropriate for the wireless activity, and wherein adjusting the throttle setting to the second throttle setting causes the TAP to enter the HP mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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an access point (AP) interface; a wireless activity threshold module; a wireless activity analysis module, coupled to the AP interface and to the wireless activity threshold module, wherein in operation the wireless activity analysis module receives wireless activity data associated with a wireless domain from the AP interface, receives a wireless activity threshold from the wireless activity threshold module, compares estimated wireless activity associated with the wireless activity data to the wireless activity threshold, and provides throttleable AP (TAP) throttling data to the AP interface for output to a TAP when the estimated wireless activity exceeds the wireless activity threshold. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a power interface; low power (LP) access point (AP) components, including a first antenna, coupled to the power interface, wherein, in operation, the LP AP components receive power from the power interface and provide functionality sufficient for a device to operate as an AP in a wireless domain using the first antenna; a throttle coupled to the power interface, wherein a first throttle setting of the throttle is associated with a LP mode and a second throttle setting of the throttle is associated with a high power (HP) mode; a second antenna, coupled to the power interface, wherein, in the LP mode, in operation, the second antenna is not used to transmit in the wireless domain, and wherein, in the HP mode, in operation, the second antenna is used to transmit in the wireless domain simultaneously with the first antenna in one spectral channel of bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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