Wireless network connectivity enhancements
First Claim
1. A computing device, comprising:
- processing circuitry to maintain channel information for wireless channels used by one or more preferred wireless networks;
a wireless network adapter to perform a reduced wireless network scan, wherein the reduced wireless network scan uses the channel information to scan the wireless channels used by the preferred wireless networks and to refrain from scanning other wireless channels used by non-preferred wireless networks; and
wherein the reduced wireless network scan disregards channel information from a subset of the preferred wireless networks based on at least one of location, computing device usage, or network characteristics, to scan the wireless channels used by preferred wireless networks not in the subset and to refrain from scanning other wireless channels used by preferred wireless networks in the subset.
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Abstract
Devices and configurations to implement wireless network connectivity enhancements that improve wireless network connection time and operations are generally disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a reduced wireless network scan is performed to only scan wireless network channels associated with a preferred or previously profiled wireless network. If a preferred or profiled network is identified from the result of the reduced wireless network scan, then an automatic connection may be established immediately with the preferred or profiled wireless network. Performance of the reduced wireless network scan may be performed instead of a full wireless network scan, thereby saving the amount of time required to scan channels that do not have a preferred or profiled wireless network.
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22 Claims
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1. A computing device, comprising:
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processing circuitry to maintain channel information for wireless channels used by one or more preferred wireless networks; a wireless network adapter to perform a reduced wireless network scan, wherein the reduced wireless network scan uses the channel information to scan the wireless channels used by the preferred wireless networks and to refrain from scanning other wireless channels used by non-preferred wireless networks; and wherein the reduced wireless network scan disregards channel information from a subset of the preferred wireless networks based on at least one of location, computing device usage, or network characteristics, to scan the wireless channels used by preferred wireless networks not in the subset and to refrain from scanning other wireless channels used by preferred wireless networks in the subset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computing device of comprising:
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processing circuitry to maintain channel information for wireless channels used by one or more preferred wireless networks; a wireless network adapter to perform a reduced wireless network scan, wherein the reduced wireless network scan uses the channel information to scan the wireless channels used by the preferred wireless networks and to refrain from scanning other wireless channels used by non-preferred wireless networks; and a power management component, the power management component configured to provide a command to perform the reduced wireless network scan in response to the computing device or the wireless network adapter resuming from a standby or powered-off state.
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9. A method performed in a computing device for identifying wireless networks, the method comprising:
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accessing wireless channel information maintained for one or more preferred wireless networks; identifying, from the wireless channel information, one or more wireless channels providing the preferred wireless networks; performing a reduced wireless network scan to identify available wireless networks of the preferred wireless networks, by scanning the identified wireless channels providing the preferred wireless networks and refraining from scanning other wireless channels used by non- preferred wireless networks; and disregarding wireless channel information from a subset of the preferred wireless networks based on at least one of location, wireless network usage, or network characteristics, in connection with determining the wireless channels, to result in scanning of wireless channels used by preferred wireless networks not in the subset and to refrain from scanning other wireless channels used by preferred wireless networks in the subset. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method performed in a computing device for identifying wireless networks, the method comprising:
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accessing wireless channel information maintained for one or more preferred wireless networks; identifying, from the wireless channel information, one or more wireless channels providing the preferred wireless networks; and performing a reduced wireless network scan to identify available wireless networks of the preferred wireless networks, by scanning only the identified wireless channels providing the preferred wireless networks;
wherein the method is performed in response to the computing device resuming from a low-power or powered-off state.
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18. At least one machine readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions that, in response to being executed on a computing device resuming from a low-power or powered-off state, cause the computing device to:
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access wireless channel information maintained for one or more preferred wireless networks; identify, from the wireless channel information, one or more wireless channels providing the preferred wireless networks; and perform a reduced wireless network scan to identify available wireless networks of the preferred wireless networks, by scanning the identified wireless channels providing the preferred wireless networks and refraining from scanning wireless channels that are not providing the preferred wireless networks. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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