US 12,238,578 B2
Load-balancer for saturated wireless
Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US); Vinay Saini, Karnataka (IN); and Sowbhagya Hanumaiah Sowmya, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/171,462.
Application 18/171,462 is a continuation of application No. 17/010,032, filed on Sep. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,589,263.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199559 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 28/086 (2023.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/52 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 28/086 (2023.05) [H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/52 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
identifying a first Service Device (SD) having a first SD coverage area that overlaps an Access Point (AP) coverage area associated with the AP;
obtaining a license to operate within a frequency spectrum segment for the first SD coverage area; and
causing a plurality of user devices to be moved from the AP to the first SD, wherein each user device of the plurality of user devices, when it associates with the AP, sends an association request comprising an indication that the user device supports being a candidate for Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) offload, and wherein the AP indicates, in an association response to the association request, that CBRS offload is registered for the user device, and wherein causing the plurality of user devices to be moved from the AP to the first SD comprises
causing, based on the association response, the first SD to service the plurality of user devices using at least a portion of the frequency spectrum segment in response to the first AP reaching a saturation point.