Self-organizing network (son) with fast initial link setup (fils)

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016295628-A1
Application number	US-201615134226-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 20, 2016
Priority date	Apr 6, 2015
Publication date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Ameliorating initial link setup in manage networks, self-organizing networks (SONs), systems, etc. of the type having capabilities sufficient to facilitate operations according to a common methodology is contemplated. The contemplated processes and systems may include ameliorating initial link setup when operating pursuant to the Fast Initial Link Setup (FILS) protocol defined in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) specification 802.11ai with use of a self-organizing network (SON) server to facilitate access point selection.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of non-transitory instructions executable with a processor of a self-organizing network (SON) server to facilitate optimizing access point selection for a client, the non-transitory instructions being sufficient for:
determining a plurality of access points forming a SON within a wireless vicinity of the client; determining access point operating parameters for each of the plurality of access points; determining client operating parameters for the client; characterizing at least one or more of the plurality of access points having access point operating parameters compatible with the client operating parameters as an available access point operable to facilitate wireless communications with the client; selecting one of the available access points to operate as a master access point; instructing the master access point to transmit a comprehensive probe response to the client sufficient to facilitate selecting one of the available access points for an association; and transmitting client parameters to the available access points sufficient for setting a state for one or more of the access point operating parameters associated therewith, including selecting each state to facilitate the corresponding access point supporting the association according to the client operating parameters.

2 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for:
determining a distance of the client to each of the available access points;
setting the client parameters for one or more of the available access points having the distance within a first range to perform the association at a first frequency; and
setting the client parameters for one or more of the available access points having the distance outside of the first range to perform the association at a second frequency different from the first frequency.

3 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for setting the first frequency to correspond with 60.0 GHz and the second frequency to correspond with one of 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHZ.

4 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 3 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for:
determining a service provider associated with a wireless service of the client; and
setting the second frequency to 5.0 GHz when the service provider corresponds with a first service provider; and
setting the second frequency to 2.4 GHz when the service provider corresponds with a second service provider different from the first service provider.

5 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 3 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for:
determining a traffic type of the wireless communications with the client; and
setting the second frequency to 5.0 GHz when the traffic type corresponds with a first traffic type; and
setting the second frequency to 2.4 GHz when the traffic type corresponds with a second traffic type different from the first traffic type.

6 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for:
determining a client service provider associated with a wireless service of the client;
determining an access point service provider associated with each of the available access point;
setting the client parameters for the available access points with the access point service provider being affiliated with the client service provider to perform the association at 60.0 GHz; and
setting the client parameters for the available access points with the access point service provider being unaffiliated with the client service provider to perform the association at 2.4 GHz or 5.0 GHz.

7 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for:
determining a traffic type of the wireless communications with the client;
setting the client parameters for the available access points to perform the association at 60.0 GHz when the traffic type corresponds with a first traffic type; and
setting the client parameters for the available access points to perform the association at 2.4 GHz or 5.0 GHz when the traffic type corresponds with a second traffic type different from the first traffic type.

8 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for:
determining a relative signal strength of the client to each of the available access points;
setting the client parameters for one or more of the available access points having the relative signal strength within a first range to perform the association at 60.0 GHz; and
setting the client parameters for one or more of the available access points having the relative signal strength outside of the first range to perform the association at 2.4 GHz or 5.0 GHz.

9 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for transmitting the client parameters to the available access points after one or more of the access points receives a probe request from the client and prior to anyone of the available access points receiving an authentication request from the client to instigate the association.

10 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for:
determining an access point supported frequency band for each of the plurality of access points from a access point radio object message transmitted therefrom, the access point supported frequency band being one of the access point operating parameters and sufficient for indicating whether the corresponding access point supports wireless signaling at 60.0 GHz, 5.0 GHz and/or 2.4 GHz;
determining a client supported frequency band for the client from a client radio object message transmitted therefrom, the client supported frequency band being one of the access point operating parameters and sufficient for indicating whether the client supports wireless signaling at 60.0 GHz, 5.0 GHz and/or 2.4 GHz; and
transmitting access point selection information to the master access point for inclusion within the comprehensive probe response to facilitate the client selecting one or more of the available access points for the association, including advertising within the access point selection information each of the available access points as being available to the client for the association other than each available access point unable to support at least one of the 60.0 GHz, 5.0 GHz and/or 2.4 GHz indicated in the client supported frequency band.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for:
determining an access point supported frequency band for each of the plurality of access points from a access point radio object message transmitted therefrom, the access point supported frequency band being one of the access point operating parameters and sufficient for indicating whether the corresponding access point supports wireless signaling at 60.0 GHz, 5.0 GHz and/or 2.4 GHz;
determining a client supported frequency band for the client from a client radio object message transmitted therefrom, the client supported frequency band being one of the access point operating parameters and sufficient for indicating whether the client supports wireless signaling at 60.0 GHz, 5.0 GHz and/or 2.4 GHz; and
transmitting access point selection information to the master acc

Assignees

• Cable Television Laboratories Inc

Inventors

• Allanki Neeharika
• Ganti Vivek

Classifications

• H04W84/18

  Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks · CPC title

• H04W72/0453

  Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA · CPC title

• H04W64/003

  locating network equipment · CPC title

• H04W72/085

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W12/06 Primary

  Authentication · CPC title