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App. No. 19/010,823

SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CLIENT STEERING

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19/010,823
Abstract

A method, system, and apparatus for optimizing a connection of a station (STA) in a mesh network of a plurality of 802.11 access points (APs) carried out by a client steering daemon (CSD) running on an AP of the plurality of APs. The CSD may calculate a cost ratio based on a plurality of metrics from a list and compare the signal strength information against a predetermined value. Based on the outcome of the signal strength comparison the CSD may analyze risk for the STA, determine a course of action for the STA based on the calculating, comparing, and analyzing and send instructions to a plurality of CSDs running on each of the plurality of APs for the course of action. The course of action may be keeping a STA associated with a current interface, guiding a STA to a destination interface, or kicking a STA to a destination interface.

Claims (4)

1 . A method implemented by a client steering (CSD) daemon running on a first access point (AP) of a mesh network, wherein the first AP operates on a first channel, the method comprising:

grouping a plurality of stations (STAs) into a group of one or more in-channel STAs or a group of one or more off-channel STAs based on categorization information;

monitoring the group of one or more in-channel STAs during a first time interval;

monitoring the group of one or more off-channel STAs during a second time interval.