Patent ID: 11870838
Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A content streaming apparatus comprising:
an input for receiving an input signal;
a wireless controller configured to communicate via wireless with a client device, and receive from the client device a streaming session request for streaming of requested content;
at least one tuner;
a controller configured to establish a streaming session with the client device via the wireless controller, and send the requested content to the client device in the streaming session;
network connection circuitry; and
a gateway steering controller configured to determine whether to steer the client device to another content streaming apparatus based on at least one sample measurement of received signal strength on a first Wi-Fi radio band between the client device and the content streaming apparatus and at least one other content streaming apparatus, and configured to conduct steering logic calculations based on the at least one sample measurement,
wherein the steering logic calculations are compared against predetermined thresholds, and the gateway steering controller provides an instruction to steer the client device to the first Wi-Fi radio band or the second Wi-Fi radio band of one of the content streaming apparatuses based on a difference between the steering logic calculations and the predetermined thresholds.