Granted Patent B2

US 11,349,748 · App. 17/080,655 · Granted May 31, 2022

Inventors: Kamal J. Koshy (Austin, TX); Sinem Gulbay (Austin, TX)

Assignee: Dell Products, LP

H04L45/245H04W24/02H04W24/10H04W84/18

Abstract

Claims (54)

1. An information handling system operating a mesh network link aggregation optimization system comprising:

a wireless interface device for communicating with a plurality of mesh access points and one or more client devices connected via a plurality of wireless links forming a mesh wireless network, where each of the plurality of mesh access points is capable of routing one or more incoming wireless links to one or more downstream mesh access points or client devices;

a processor executing code instructions of the mesh network link aggregation optimization system to:

receive measured traffic and quality of service of each of the plurality of links to generate a congestion score for each of the plurality of wireless links; and

aggregate links at a network layer between two of the plurality of mesh access points within the mesh wireless network based on availability of one or more radios at one or more of the plurality of mesh access points for simultaneous transmission on a single band between the two of the plurality of mesh access points to provide wireless links within the mesh wireless network with congestion scores within a preset congestion score threshold value.

2. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the single band on which the two or more links are aggregated is a 5 GHz band.

3. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the single band on which the two or more links are aggregated is a 2.4 GHz band.

4. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the single band on which the two or more links are aggregated is a 60 GHz band.

5. The information handling system of claim 1 further comprising:

determining a first of the one or more client devices is not operating as an access point within the mesh wireless network to transmit or receive data to or from a plurality of access points or other client devices; and

instructing the first one of the one or more client devices not operating as an access point to act as a mesh access point to transmit or receive data to or from a plurality of access points or other client devices.

6. The information handling system of claim 5 further comprising:

a processor of the first of the one or more client devices instructed to operate as the mesh access point aggregating the two or more links for simultaneous transmission on the single band.

7. The information handling system of claim 1 further comprising:

the processor executing code instructions of an ad-hoc routing algorithm to determine optimal link configurations between each of the plurality of mesh access points including aggregated links, and the one or more client devices.

8. A method of optimizing links aggregated at the network layer across a wireless mesh network comprising:

measuring via a process traffic and quality of service of each of a plurality of links routed by a plurality of antenna front ends between a plurality of mesh access points, and one or more client devices within a mesh wireless network;

generating a congestion score for each of the plurality of wireless links based on the measured traffic and quality of service of each of the plurality of links;

determining the congestion score for a congested one of the plurality of wireless links indicates a low data rate below a preset congestion threshold value; and

aggregating two or more links at a determined location within the wireless mesh network based on usage of the mesh access points for simultaneous transmission on a single band via a front end of a first one of the plurality of mesh access points and a second one of the plurality of mesh access points such that the plurality of links has a congestion score that meets or exceeds the preset congestion threshold value.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

performing an ad-hoc routing algorithm to determine optimal link configurations between each of the plurality of mesh access points, and the one or more client devices based on the aggregated two or more links.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

determining a preset optimization timer has elapsed;

repeating the method of optimizing links aggregated at the network layer across a wireless mesh network; and

repeating the ad-hoc routing algorithm.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

determining a preset optimization timer has elapsed; and

repeating the method of optimizing links aggregated at the network layer across the wireless mesh network.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

determining a first one of the one or more client devices is not operating as an access point within the mesh wireless network to transmit or receive data to or from a plurality of access points or other client devices;

instructing the first one of the one or more client devices not operating as an access point to act as a mesh access point to transmit or receive data to or from a plurality of access points or other client devices; and

repeating the optimizing of links aggregated at the network layer across a wireless mesh network and the ad-hoc routing algorithm.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

instructing a first one of the one or more client devices not operating as an access point to act as a mesh access point to transmit or receive data to or from a plurality of access points or other client devices.

14. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

periodically repeating the optimizing links aggregated at the network layer across the wireless mesh network.

15. An information handling system operating a mesh network link aggregation optimization system comprising:

a wireless interface device and front end controller for communicating with a plurality of mesh access points and one or more client devices connected via a plurality of wireless links forming a mesh wireless network, wherein each of the plurality of mesh access points includes an antenna front end controller for routing one or more incoming wireless links to one or more downstream mesh access points or client devices;

a processor executing code instructions of an ad-hoc routing algorithm to determine optimal link configurations between each of the plurality of mesh access points, and the one or more client devices via mesh network link aggregation optimization to:

measure traffic and quality of service of each of the plurality of links;

generate a congestion score for each of the plurality of wireless links based on the measured traffic and quality of service of each of the plurality of links;

determine that the congestion score for at least one congested wireless link does not meet a preset congestion threshold value;

determine available radios at an alternate mesh access point or wireless device;

aggregate links between a plurality of mesh access points including the alternate mesh access point or wireless device in the wireless mesh network based on usage at one or more of the plurality of mesh access points of a radio sharing method; and

transmit a message to a front end controller of a first one of the plurality of mesh access points aggregating two or more links at a network layer including the alternate mesh access point or wireless device for simultaneous transmission on a single band to a second one of the plurality of mesh access points such that each of the plurality of links has a congestion score that meets or exceeds the preset congestion threshold value.

16. The information handling system of claim 15 , wherein the single band on which the two or more links are aggregated is a 5 GHz band.

17. The information handling system of claim 15 , wherein the single band on which the two or more links are aggregated is a 2.4 GHz band.

18. The information handling system of claim 15 , wherein the single band on which the two or more links are aggregated is a 60 GHz band.

19. The information handling system of claim 15 further comprising:

determining a first one of the one or more client devices is not operating as an access point within the mesh wireless network to transmit or receive data to or from a plurality of access points or other client devices; and

instructing the first one of the one or more client devices not operating as an access point to act as a mesh access point to transmit or receive data to or from a plurality of access points or other client devices to generate additional links for use in the ad-hoc routing algorithm.

20. The information handling system of claim 15 further comprising:

the ad hoc routing algorithm to periodically repeat the optimizing links aggregated at the network layer across the wireless mesh network.

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