US 11,812,303 B1
Mesh networking of access points for load balancing
Jun Tian, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Daniel Rice, Boulder, CO (US); Justin Colwell, Arvada, CO (US); and Neeharika Allanki, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on May 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/315,590.
Application 17/315,590 is a continuation of application No. 15/456,541, filed on Mar. 12, 2017, granted, now 11,006,318.
Application 15/456,541 is a continuation of application No. 14/601,131, filed on Jan. 20, 2015, granted, now 9,596,622, issued on Mar. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/934,663, filed on Jan. 31, 2014.
Int. Cl. H04W 28/08 (2023.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 47/125 (2022.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/08 (2013.01) [H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04W 8/04 (2013.01); H04W 28/0231 (2013.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for load balancing, comprising:
receiving, at a first wireless access point, first data from one or more wireless clients;
sending the first data from the first wireless access point to a central network element via a first wireline communication link between the first wireless access point and the central network element;
receiving, at the first wireless access point, second data from one or more wireless clients; and
sending the second data to a second wireless access point via a wireless communication link between the first wireless access point and the second wireless access point, for transmission to the central network element.