Wireless load balancing
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, from a wireless device, a first probe request on a first band and a second probe request on each of a plurality of other bands;
determining that a received strength signal indicator (RSSI) on the first band is greater than a signal threshold, where the signal threshold is based on a highest RSSI value of one of the plurality of other bands;
responding, based on the determining, to the first probe request on the first band; and
refusing to respond, based on the determining, to each of the second probe requests on each of the plurality of other bands, where responding to the first probe request and refusing to respond to the second probe requests creates an impression, at the wireless device, that a service set identifier (SSID) is unavailable on each of the plurality of other bands.
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Abstract
A technique for wireless load balancing involves providing a wireless infrastructure that creates a target band option and helps push clients toward that band. An example of a method according to the technique involves, by way of example but not limitation, responding only to probe requests on a first band when a client is detected on the first band and a second band. For example, using the techniques described herein, a platform that is both 802.11a and 802.11b/g compliant may attempt to connect preferentially to the 802.11b/g band of a wireless network, and be migrated toward the 802.11a band instead.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, from a wireless device, a first probe request on a first band and a second probe request on each of a plurality of other bands; determining that a received strength signal indicator (RSSI) on the first band is greater than a signal threshold, where the signal threshold is based on a highest RSSI value of one of the plurality of other bands; responding, based on the determining, to the first probe request on the first band; and refusing to respond, based on the determining, to each of the second probe requests on each of the plurality of other bands, where responding to the first probe request and refusing to respond to the second probe requests creates an impression, at the wireless device, that a service set identifier (SSID) is unavailable on each of the plurality of other bands. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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setting an approximately 5 GHz spectrum band as a target band; determining that a particular client, of a plurality of clients, is compatible with the target band and that another client, of the plurality of clients, is not compatible with the target band; migrating, based on the determining, the particular client that is compatible with the target band from an approximately 2.4 GHz spectrum band to the target band when a first detected signal strength, associated with the particular client, exceeds a received strength signal indicator (RSSI) threshold; and switching the particular client back to the approximately 2.4 GHz spectrum band when a second detected signal strength, associated with the particular client, drops below the RSSI threshold. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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