Location aware self-locating access point
First Claim
1. A method performed by a self-locating access point, the method comprising:
- determining a first target bandwidth associated with a first wireless device communicatively coupled with the self-locating access point, wherein the first target bandwidth is determined by a device profile corresponding to the first wireless device;
determining, by the self-locating access point, a first wireless link bandwidth between the self-locating access point and the first wireless device, the first wireless link bandwidth associated with a first operating location of the self-locating access point;
determining a second operating location of the self-locating access point in response to a determination that the first wireless link bandwidth is less than the first target bandwidth; and
causing the self-locating access point to move to the second operating location via a component of the self-locating access point.
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Abstract
A location aware, self-locating access point can provide a wireless link through a wireless network to a wireless device. If the wireless link bandwidth is less than a target bandwidth for the wireless device, then the location aware, self-locating access point can move itself to a new operating location that provides an increased wireless link bandwidth. If a second wireless device is added to the wireless network, then the new operating location is selected to provide an increased link bandwidth for both wireless devices. In one embodiment, the wireless devices in the wireless network can be prioritized so that the new operating location increases the wireless link bandwidth for the wireless device with a higher priority.
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56 Claims
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1. A method performed by a self-locating access point, the method comprising:
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determining a first target bandwidth associated with a first wireless device communicatively coupled with the self-locating access point, wherein the first target bandwidth is determined by a device profile corresponding to the first wireless device; determining, by the self-locating access point, a first wireless link bandwidth between the self-locating access point and the first wireless device, the first wireless link bandwidth associated with a first operating location of the self-locating access point; determining a second operating location of the self-locating access point in response to a determination that the first wireless link bandwidth is less than the first target bandwidth; and causing the self-locating access point to move to the second operating location via a component of the self-locating access point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A self-locating access point comprising:
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a processor; and a memory having instructions stored therein, which when executed by the processor, cause the self-locating access point to; determine a first target bandwidth associated with a first wireless device communicatively coupled with the self-locating access point, wherein the first target bandwidth is determined by a device profile corresponding to the first wireless device; determine, by the self-locating access point, a first wireless link bandwidth between the self-locating access point and the first wireless device, the first wireless link bandwidth associated with a first operating location of the self-locating access point determine a second operating location of the self-locating access point in response to a determination that the first wireless link bandwidth is less than the first target bandwidth; and cause the self-locating access point to move from the first operating location to the second operating location. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor of a self-locating access point cause the self-locating access point to:
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determine a first target bandwidth associated with a first wireless device communicatively coupled with the self-locating access point, wherein the first target bandwidth is determined by a device profile corresponding to the first wireless device; determine a first wireless link bandwidth between the self-locating access point and the first wireless device, the first wireless link bandwidth associated with a first operating location of the self-locating access point; determine a second operating location of the self-locating access point in response to a determination that the first wireless link bandwidth is less than the first target bandwidth; and cause the self-locating access point to move to the second operating location via a component of the self-locating access point. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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