US 12,452,701 B2
Dual mode Wi-Fi operation in shared and non-shared channels
Sri Gundavelli, San Jose, CA (US); Arun G. Khanna, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Indermeet Singh Gandhi, San Jose, CA (US); Mark Grayson, Berkshire (GB); and Pascal Thubert, Roquefort les Pins (FR)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/836,235.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/338,966, filed on May 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0362675 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04W 40/246 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a network controller, a configuration for a group of access points operating within a network, the configuration allowing each access point of the group to operate simultaneously in a super cell mode over a shared frequency channel and a standalone mode over a non-shared frequency channel to provide connectivity to end terminals in one of the super cell mode or the standalone mode based on a condition, each access point operating over a unique non-shared frequency relative to one or more adjacent access points in the network;
determining, for an end terminal, whether the end terminal is to connect to the network over the shared frequency channel or the non-shared frequency channel based on a network policy that corresponds to the condition, to yield a determination; and
controlling connectivity of the end terminal to at least one access point of the group of access points over the shared frequency channel or the non-shared frequency channel based on the determination.