US 11,729,762 B2
Over-the-wire access point coordination
Brian D. Hart, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Malcolm M. Smith, Richardson, TX (US); Sanjay K. Katabathuni, Fremont, CA (US); Pooya Monajemi, San Jose, CA (US); and Venkataprasad Chirreddy, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/443,403.
Prior Publication US 2023/0027444 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/1263 (2023.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 72/52 (2023.01); H04W 72/566 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/1263 (2013.01) [H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 72/52 (2023.01); H04W 72/569 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
in response to determining that one of a plurality of access points won contention of a transmission opportunity for a shared channel in a first network, dividing the transmission opportunity into a plurality of time slots;
determining, based on a first distance between a first access point of the plurality of access points and a second access point of the plurality of access points, that the first access point and the second access point are allowed to communicate simultaneously over the shared channel, wherein the first distance is reported by an access point of the plurality of access points;
scheduling transmissions of the first and second access points into a first time slot of the plurality of time slots in response to determining that the first access point and the second access point are allowed to communicate simultaneously over the shared channel;
determining, based on a second distance between (i) the first access point and a third access point of the plurality of access points or (ii) the second access point and the third access point, that the third access point should communicate separately from the first access point or the second access point, wherein the second distance is reported by an access point of the plurality of access points;
scheduling transmissions of the third access point into a second time slot of the plurality of time slots different from the first time slot in response to determining that the third access point should communicate separately from the first access point or the second access point;
communicating, to the second access point over one of a wired network or a second network different from the first network, an indication that the second access point should communicate during the first time slot of the plurality of time slots; and
communicating, to the third access point over one of the wired network or the second network, an indication that the third access point should communicate during the second time slot.