WIRELESS ACCESS POINT LOAD BALANCING

摘要

Managing wireless access points and/or other devices providing wireless signaling to multiple clients is contemplated. The wireless access point may be managed according to a load balancing strategy directed towards achieving desired network throughput using forced disassociation of clients based on traffic type or other service related indicators and/or force disassociation of roaming partners based on neighboring access point capabilities.

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 obtaining access to a wireless spectrum available through the primary access point; determining a minimum throughput to represent a minimum data rate for wireless signaling carried over the wireless spectrum between the plurality of clients and the primary access point; determining a throughput to represent an active data rate for wireless signaling being carried over the wireless spectrum between the plurality of clients and the primary access point; implementing a disassociation process when the throughput is less than the minimum throughput, the dissociation process iteratively disassociating clients according to an order specified in a ranking until the throughput meets or exceeds the threshold.