US 11,917,430 B2
Device and method for holistic steering of stations in a wireless network with multiple access points
Eli Mishael, Netanya (IL); and Assi Abramovitz, Netanya (IL)
Assigned to AIRTIES BELGIUM SPRL, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (BE)
Filed by AIRTIES BELGIUM SPRL, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (BE)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/845,505.
Application 17/845,505 is a continuation of application No. 16/955,479, granted, now 11,368,860, issued on Jun. 21, 2022, previously published as PCT/IL2017/051371, filed on Dec. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0394510 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 28/086 (2023.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 28/0861 (2023.05); H04W 84/005 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for steering wireless stations in a wireless network with a plurality of access points, the device comprising:
a processor connected to a communications interface, the processor and communications interface configured to:
calculate, for each wireless station of a plurality of wireless stations in the wireless network, a score based on at least an availability metric of each wireless station of the wireless stations;
combine the calculated scores for the plurality of wireless stations into a current network score for a present network configuration of the wireless network, wherein network configuration refers to which wireless stations are associated with which of the plurality of access points;
calculate a predicted network score for each of a plurality of potential network configurations, wherein each potential network configuration includes a set of wireless stations of the plurality of wireless stations located at a different access point compared to the present network configuration, wherein the set of wireless stations comprises at least two wireless stations, wherein each predicted network score is a combination of a predicted score for each of the plurality of wireless stations in a respective potential network configuration;
select one of the plurality of potential network configurations based on a corresponding predicted network score that satisfies a criterion; and
steer each wireless station of the set of wireless stations to a same or a different access point based on the selected potential network configuration.