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WLAN diagnostics using traffic stream metrics

  • US 8,005,030 B2
  • Filed: 12/30/2005
  • Issued: 08/23/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wireless client operative to communicate with a wireless access point in a wireless network, the wireless client comprising:

  • one or more processors;

    a memory;

    a network interface; and

    a wireless network driver application, physically stored in the memory, comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless client to;

    monitor transmission of one or more frames between the wireless client and a wireless access point at a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer;

    collect uplink metric data based on the transmission of the one or more frames the uplink metric data comprising one or more uplink latencies of the one or more frames;

    construct an uplink latency histogram that comprises a count for each of a plurality of defined latency intervals using the one or more uplink latencies, comprising;

    maintaining counts of respective numbers of the one or more uplink latencies that fall within each of the plurality of defined latency intervals;

    generate a report message including the uplink latency histogram and at least some of the uplink metric data; and

    transmit the report message to the wireless access point.

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