LIMITING ACCESS TO SERVICE PROVIDERS BASED ON THE NETWORK TRAFFIC LOAD OF A WIRELESS ACCESS POINT

摘要

A wireless access point can identify a group of service providers that can provide access for respective subscriber devices. The wireless access point can periodically monitor its network traffic load. In response to determining that the amount of the network traffic load is above a threshold amount, the wireless access point selects one or more service providers from the group, and impedes use of each of the selected one or more service providers from the wireless access point by one or more additional subscriber devices that have not yet connected to the wireless access point.

主权项

1. A method for operating a wireless access point, the method being performed by one or more processors of the wireless access point and comprising:
identifying a group of service providers that can provide access for respective subscriber devices to a network via the wireless access point; periodically monitoring a network traffic load of the wireless access point; determining when an amount of the network traffic load is above a threshold amount; and in response to determining that the amount of the network traffic load is above the threshold amount, selecting one or more service providers from the group, and impeding use of each of the selected one or more service providers from the wireless access point by one or more additional subscriber devices that have not yet connected to the wireless access point.