AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF VIP GUESTS ON WIRELESS NETWORKS
Granted: January 21, 2016
Application Number:
20160021205
The present disclosure discloses a method and network device for automatic detection of VIP guests on wireless networks. The network device can receive a request for network access, by a client device used by a guest user, at a location associated with an entity. Furthermore, the network device can identify characteristics of a sponsor of the guest user, the sponsor being associated with the entity; and/or email domain for the guest user; and/or characteristics of a particular check-in…
DYNAMIC DETECTION OF INACTIVE VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK CLIENTS
Granted: January 21, 2016
Application Number:
20160021194
The present disclosure discloses a method and network device for dynamic detection of inactive virtual private network clients. Specifically, a network device receives periodic messages from a first device at a first interval, and determines a timeout value for the first device based at least on the first interval, at which the periodic messages are received from the first device. Subsequent to determining the timeout value, the network device detects that a message has not been received…
COLOR CODED INTERFACE TO VISUALIZE RADIO FREQUENCY ISSUES ON A FLOOR PLAN
Granted: December 31, 2015
Application Number:
20150381434
A non-transitory computer readable medium includes instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, cause performance of obtaining a performance measurement and a physical location for client devices, generating visual representations corresponding to the client devices by: for each client device generating a corresponding visual representation based on a respective performance measurement for that client device, and displaying a map of a physical environment with…
Secure Hotspot Roaming
Granted: November 12, 2015
Application Number:
20150327149
Secure hotspot roaming in wireless networks. An enterprise works with one or more hotspot providers to provide secure access to its clients through hotspot locations. The enterprise provides the (hotspot) service provider (SP), with the addresses of enterprise controllers used for client authentication. The SP maintains a database which maps the enterprise realm to the address of the enterprise controller. When a client connects to a hotspot access point (AP), the hotspot AP sends client…
Method and System for Aggregating Wifi Signal Data and Non-Wifi Signal Data
Granted: November 12, 2015
Application Number:
20150327090
Methods of aggregating spectrum data captured from a narrowband radio to form a spectrum covering a much wider frequency band. Frequency data, such as FFT spectrum data captured from a narrowband receiver such as an IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi receiver are combined to display representative real-time FFT, average FFT, and FFT duty cycle data of a wideband spectrum. Data is captured from narrow band radios such as access points, station monitors, or client devices on a wireless network. A wideband…
Multicast Transmissions in a Network Environment With User Anchor Controllers
Granted: November 12, 2015
Application Number:
20150327024
According to one embodiment of the invention, a non-transitory computer readable medium for improving the scalability and redundancy of a wireless communications network. One embodiment of the non-transitory computer readable medium comprises instructions that determine whether a same data stream is being received by a first access point from each of two or more network devices of a plurality of network devices, responsive at least to the determining operation, select a particular…
Virtual Local Area Network Mismatch Detection in Networks
Granted: November 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150319042
The present disclosure discloses a method and network device for providing VLAN mismatch detection in networks. Specifically, a network device monitors a plurality of packets received by a first device from a second device to identify a first set of VLAN identifiers indicated by at least one of the plurality of packets. The network device receives from a third device at least one packet tagged with a particular VLAN identifier, whereas the at least one packet to be forwarded by the first…
Precise and Custom Location Based Service Discovery Application for Wired and Wireless Devices
Granted: November 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150319728
The present disclosure discloses a method and network device for providing precise and custom location based service discovery application for wired and wireless devices. Specifically, a network device determines a location of a client device. The network device also identifies a first region including the location of the client device, and identifies at least one network device associated with the first region. Responsive at least to determining that the at least one network device is…
Distributed Method for Client Optimization
Granted: November 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150319657
The present disclosure discloses a distributed method and network device for providing client optimization in WLANs. Specifically, a first access point detects a plurality of client devices. The first access point also receives information identifying a first set of client devices associated with the second access point. Then first access point then identifies a subset of the detected plurality of client devices that are also identified in the first set of client devices associated with…
Tiered Network Access Based on User Action
Granted: November 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150319102
The present disclosure discloses a method and network device for providing tiered network access based on user actions. Specifically, a network device can identify a social action performed by a user, where the social action is performed while the user is logged into a social network application. Furthermore, the network device can select a network access level of a plurality of network access levels based on the social action. Accordingly, the network device grants a client device…
AVOIDING SELF INTERFERENCE USING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK
Granted: November 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150318878
Disclosed herein is a system, apparatus, and method for reducing self-interference within a wireless network device using channel state information feedback and beamforming techniques. The self-interference within a device may be reduced by first transmitting, by a first circuitry, a first set signals using a first radiation pattern through a first set of antennas coupled with the first circuitry. Then, based on feedback information associated with the first set of signals detected by a…
ENFORCING STATION FAIRNESS WITH MU-MIMO DEPLOYMENTS
Granted: October 29, 2015
Application Number:
20150312012
A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations. The operations include: obtaining a first pathloss value for a first data transmitted between a first device and a second device; receiving, at a first component of the first device, a second data to be transmitted to the second device; based at least on the first pathloss value: selecting a first subset of the second data for…
DETECTING MOVEMENT IN A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Granted: October 29, 2015
Application Number:
20150312877
The present disclosure discloses a method and network device for detecting movement in a physical environment. Specifically, a network device obtains a first feedback information for a first set of wireless signals transmitted by a first device in a physical environment and received by a second device in the physical environment. Moreover, the network device obtains a second feedback information for a second set of wireless signals transmitted by the first device and received by the…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLIENT DEVICE LOCALIZATION
Granted: October 29, 2015
Application Number:
20150312875
A system includes one or more hardware processors causing performance of operations. The operations include transmitting, by a first access point, a set of one or more wireless signals that include a request for feedback information. The set of wireless signals incorrectly identifies a second access point as the sender of the set of wireless signals instead of correctly identifying the first access point as the sender of the set of wireless signals. The operations further include…
USER ANCHOR CONTROLLER COMMUNICATION WITHIN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
Granted: October 29, 2015
Application Number:
20150312819
According to one embodiment of the invention, a non-transitory computer readable medium for improving the scalability and redundancy of a wireless communications network. One embodiment of the non-transitory computer readable medium comprises instructions that configure, by a first controller, a first access point, responsive to a client device associating with the first access point, identify a second controller configured for maintaining information corresponding to the client device,…
FILTERING OUT ACCESS POINT DATA BASED ON NON-CONFORMITY WITH OTHER ACCESS POINT DATA
Granted: October 29, 2015
Application Number:
20150312724
Methods and systems are described for filtering out signal strength data associated with access points and a client device using heuristic and intra-access point analysis. The filtered data may be used to approximate the location of the client device. By filtering signal strength values through a heuristic and intra-access point analysis; the systems and methods described eliminate inaccurate or anomalistic values, which may negatively alter the estimated location of the client device.…
DETERMINING LOCATION BASED ON BOTH A DETECTED LOCATION AND A PREDICTED LOCATION
Granted: October 29, 2015
Application Number:
20150312721
A system and method is described that computes an estimated current location for a client device based on both the detected current location and the predicted current location of the client device. By utilizing the predicted current location, the system and method may account for and compensate for anomalies and inaccuracies in the detected current location. Accordingly, the system and method provides a more accurate estimation for the current location of the client device based on…
ADAPTIVE DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL ASSIGNMENT WITH VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORK POOL
Granted: October 29, 2015
Application Number:
20150312208
The present disclosure discloses a method and network device for adaptive DHCP assignment with VLAN pool. Specifically, a network device can assign a client device to a first Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN). The network device then detects a first DHCP Discover message, transmitted by a client device, corresponding to a first VLAN. Also, the network device determines that no DHCP offer message, responsive to the first DHCP Discover message, is transmitted to the client device. Then,…
Software Defined Wireless Device Management
Granted: October 29, 2015
Application Number:
20150312131
The present disclosure discloses a method and network device for software-defined client device management. Specifically, a network device can cause a client device to switch association with a first access point to a second access point. The network device determines whether a number of times the client device has been caused to switch association with an access point exceeds a threshold value for the first period of time. If not, the network device causes the client device to switch to…
SELECTION OF ANCHOR CONTROLLERS FOR CLIENT DEVICES WITHIN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
Granted: October 29, 2015
Application Number:
20150312091
According to one embodiment of the invention, a non-transitory computer readable medium for improving the scalability and redundancy of a wireless communications network. One embodiment of the non-transitory computer readable medium comprises instructions that configure a first controller, of a plurality of controllers, as a primary controller for maintaining data associated with each particular device of a plurality of devices, for each particular device of the plurality of devices,…
