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US 12,256,242 · App. 18/608,497 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Method and apparatus for generating policies for improving network system performance

Inventors: Wooyul Lee (Palo Alto, CA); Manikanden Balakrishnan (Foster City, CA); Sungho Yun (San Jose, CA); Carlos Garcia Hernandez (Campbell, CA); Ramya Bhagavatula (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee: Axon Networks Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,256,242
App. No.
18/608,497
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described is a method performed by a computing device for generating policies for improving network system performance, the method comprising: receiving operational data from a network device; processing the operational data from the network device to generate a Wi-Fi management policy; merging the Wi-Fi management policy, a mobile device policy, and a user preference or user policy to generate a unified policy; and sending the unified policy to the network device for network management.

Claims (46)

1. A method performed by a computing device for generating policies for improving network system performance, the method comprising:

receiving operational data from a network device;

processing the operational data from the network device to generate a Wi-Fi management policy;

merging the Wi-Fi management policy, a mobile device policy, and a user preference or user policy to generate a unified policy; and

sending the unified policy to the network device for network management.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operational data comprises a power transmission level associated with the network device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operational data comprises security parameters associated with the network device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

managing uplinks for both a first wireless device and a second wireless device;

wherein the network device comprises the first wireless device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network device is prioritized over a second network device within the unified policy.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting one or more operational parameters to improve the network system performance.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network device is one of:

an access point (AP);

a router;

a first mobile device with Wi-Fi connectivity; or

a second mobile device with cellular data connectivity.

8. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising receiving the user preference or user policy from the network device or a website.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the unified policy is one or more of:

policy for collecting data;

policy for diagnostics;

policy for optimization; or

policy for notification of diagnostics.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Wi-Fi management policy comprises a response to at least one of a change in network topology or an interference that has been measured at a Wi-Fi interface.

11. At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising one or more instructions that in response to being executed on a computing device cause the computing device to carry out a method for generating policies for improving network system performance, the method comprising:

receiving operational data from a network device;

processing the operational data from the network device to generate a Wi-Fi management policy;

merging the Wi-Fi management policy, a mobile device policy, and a user preference or user policy to generate a unified policy; and

sending the unified policy to the network device for network management.

12. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the operational data comprises a power transmission level associated with the network device.

13. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the operational data comprises security parameters associated with the network device.

14. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 , the method further comprising:

managing uplinks for both a first wireless device and a second wireless device;

wherein the network device comprises the first wireless device.

15. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the network device is prioritized over a second network device within the unified policy.

16. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising adjusting one or more operational parameters to improve the network system performance.

17. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 , the method further comprising receiving the user preference or user policy from the network device or a website.

18. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the Wi-Fi management policy comprises a response to at least one of a change in network topology or an interference that has been measured at a Wi-Fi interface.

19. A network system comprising:

a network interface to receive operational data from a network device and to send a unified policy to the network device for network management; and

a computing device, coupled to the network interface, to process the operational data from the network device to generate a Wi-Fi management policy and merge the Wi-Fi management policy, a mobile device policy, and a user preference or user policy to generate the unified policy to send to the network device.

20. The network system of claim 19 , wherein the network device comprises one or more of:

an access point (AP);

a router;

a first mobile device with Wi-Fi connectivity; or

a second mobile device with cellular data connectivity.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2025
From: LEE, WOOYUL; BALAKRISHNAN, MANIKANDEN; YUN, SUNGHO; GARCIA, CARLOS; BHAGAVATULA, RAMYA
To: ADAPTIVE SPECTRUM AND SIGNAL ALIGNMENT, INC.
Reel/Frame 069941/0029 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2024
From: DZS INC.
To: AXON NETWORKS INC.
Reel/Frame 069599/0742 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16575101 · Sep 18, 2019
Continuation 15315364
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