Patent ID: 11956836
Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
designating, for a wireless network, a first priority status for a first service set identifier of a wireless network device, the first priority status intended for a first class of users;
establishing a first wireless connection between a first device and the wireless network device via the first service set identifier according to an 802.11ax communication protocol;
allocating a first set of resource units to the first device based on the 802.11ax communication protocol as a result of associating the first device with the first service set identifier, wherein the wireless network device communicates over a frequency bandwidth that is divided into a plurality of channels, wherein each channel is divided into a plurality of subchannels, wherein each resource unit corresponds to a sub-channel of one of the channels;
establishing a second wireless connection between a second device and the wireless network device via a second service set identifier according to the 802.11ax communication protocol, wherein a second priority status is designated for the second service set identifier and intended for a second class of users, wherein the second priority status is lower in priority than the first priority status by virtue of the first class of users having higher priority than the second class of users; and
denying full allocation of remaining resource units to the second device as a result of the second priority status being lower in priority than the first priority status.