Patent ID: 11895551
Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A method implemented in an electronic device for steering a client device in a wireless network from a first content streaming apparatus to a second content streaming apparatus within a Wi-Fi network, based at least on a comparison of measurements from the first and second content streaming apparatuses, respectively, to at least one threshold, the method comprising:
receiving a first measurement and making a first comparison that compares the first measurement to a first threshold while the client device is connected to the first content streaming apparatus;
receiving a second measurement and making a second comparison that compares the second measurement to a second threshold; and
steering the client device to the second content streaming apparatus based on at least one of the first comparison and the second comparison,
wherein, in the steering, the method further comprises:
constructing a table that includes an ordered list of a plurality of Wi-Fi content streaming apparatuses in the Wi-Fi network including the first content streaming apparatus and the second content streaming apparatus, the ordered list being based on measured values associated with the plurality of Wi-Fi content streaming apparatuses, the first content streaming apparatus being associated in the table with a first set of measured values and the second content streaming apparatus being associated in the table with a second set of measurement values; (No in US '194)
selecting the second content streaming apparatus as a destination for steering of the client device from remaining content streaming apparatuses in the table that are not disfavored in the table based on the at least one of the first threshold and the second threshold.