US 11,997,582 B2
Discovery of a network topology from a client perspective
Peter G. Khoury, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Ruckus IP Holdings, LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/072,976.
Application 18/072,976 is a continuation of application No. 17/353,919, filed on Jun. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,540,199.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/046,475, filed on Jun. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0086942 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01); H04W 16/18 (2009.01); H04W 16/20 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 40/246 (2013.01) [H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.02); H04W 16/20 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer system, comprising:
an interface circuit configured to communicate with access points, wherein the computer system is configured to:
receive probe-request information associated with the access points, wherein the probe-request information comprises identifiers of electronic devices, timestamp information associated with probe requests received by the access points, and signal-strength information of the probe requests; and
compare the probe-request information from different subsets of the access points to determine communication boundaries between regions in which communication performance is superior for corresponding access points in the access points, wherein the subsets of the access points comprise pairs of access points, and wherein a given subset of the comparisons comprises comparisons of the signal-strength information of the probe requests that were received by multiple of the access points from a given electronic device in the electronic devices.