US 12,219,583 B2
Adaptive wireless network feature support
Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US); Sudhir Kumar Jain, Fremont, CA (US); and Aries Kuttiyan, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/690,612.
Application 17/690,612 is a continuation of application No. 16/864,707, filed on May 1, 2020, granted, now 11,310,803.
Application 16/864,707 is a continuation of application No. 15/660,427, filed on Jul. 26, 2017, granted, now 10,687,338, issued on Jun. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/530,393, filed on Jul. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0201677 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/51 (2023.01) [H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 72/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
a wireless access point or a wireless network controller adaptively enabling a wireless access network feature such that the wireless access network feature is enabled for one or more first wireless client devices that support the wireless access network feature and is hidden from one or more second wireless client devices that do not support the wireless access network feature, by:
receiving a probe request from a wireless client device;
evaluating data contained in the probe request to determine whether the wireless client device supports the wireless access network feature;
enabling wireless network connectivity with the wireless access network feature for the wireless client device based on determining that the wireless client device supports the wireless access network feature; and
enabling the wireless network connectivity without the wireless access network feature for the wireless client device based on determining that the wireless client device does not support the wireless access network feature.