MESH NETWORKING OF ACCESS POINTS FOR LOAD BALANCING

摘要

A mesh network may be established between a plurality of access points to facilitate load balancing for one or more of the access points. The mesh network may define a plurality of communication routes through the access points having capabilities sufficient to facilitate or mimic communications underperforming or being unavailable at the access point requesting load balancing.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of non-transitory instructions operable with a primary access point to facilitate load balancing, the non-transitory instructions being sufficient for:
determining a plurality of clients having completed an association process sufficient for transporting data in an upstream direction to the primary access point; determining a plurality of secondary access points available for communication with the primary access point according to a mesh topology, the mesh topology including at least one of the secondary access points being in direct communication with the primary access point and each of the secondary access points not in direct communication with the primary access point being in at least indirect communication with the primary access point via at least another one of the secondary access points; and determining a plurality of routes through the mesh topology sufficient to facilitate load balancing the data received at the primary access point, each route originating at the primary access point and traversing one or more of the secondary access points.