Pre-emptive roaming mechanism allowing for enhanced QoS in wireless network environments

RJ Friday, PF Dietrich - US Patent 7,805,140, 2010 - Google Patents
(51) Int. Cl. A preemptive roaming mechanism in wireless network envi H04. 736/00
(2009.01) ronments. In one implementation, the present invention pro H4W 4/(2009.01) …

Methods and apparatus for determining, communicating and using information including loading factors which can be used for interference control purposes

R Laroia, J Li, S Rangan, M Srinivasan… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A wireless terminal receives and measures broadcast refer ence signals,
eg, beacon and/or pilot signals, transmitted from a plurality of base station attachment points …

Method and system for controlling access to a wireless communication medium

SA Grandhi, A Chandra, JS Levy, KM Shaheen… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
A method and system for controlling access to a wireless communication medium are
disclosed. The system includes at least one access point (AP) and at least one station (STA) …

Load balancing method for a wireless area network

Y Gao, B Sun, S Wu, F Ma, F Li - US Patent 7,940,731, 2011 - Google Patents
ANSI/IEEE Std 802.11, 1999 Edition 802.11 standard is a standard instituted by the Wireless
Local Area Network Stan dard Working Group for physical layer protocol and medium …

Methods and apparatus for a common control protocol for wired and wireless nodes

J Murphy, S Shah, A Choudhury, P Pogde… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises of a control module implemented in at least
one of a memory or a processing device that is configured to receive, via a network and from …

Method for automated security configuration in a wireless network

JR Delker, RH Miller, JM Kates - US Patent 7,277,547, 2007 - Google Patents
A device in a Wireless network may negotiate security parameters With an access point for
the Wireless network. The device and the access point may negotiate the security …

Pilot signals for use in multi-sector cells

R Laroia, JL Fan, J Li - US Patent 9,544,860, 2017 - Google Patents
Pilot signal transmission sequences and methods for use in a multi-sector cell. Pilots in
different sectors are transmitted at different known power levels. In adjacent sectors a pilot is …

Mobile unit configuration management for WLANS

R Whelan, L Van Wagenen, R Morris - US Patent 7,363,022, 2008 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system for enforcing configuration requirements for hard ware and
software on mobile units operating on Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN). The system …

Traffic management in distributed wireless networks

J Babiarz, M Krym - US Patent 8,660,008, 2014 - Google Patents
Wireless networks and devices are ubiquitous today. For service providers to offer
customers QoS and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) means in part providing resilient …

Methods and apparatus for communicating control information

T Richardson, H **, J Li, V Parizhisky - US Patent 9,137,072, 2015 - Google Patents
the base station can utilize received control information reports to make intelligent decisions
in terms of controlling operations of the wireless terminal, responding to the wireless …