Patent ID: 11950107
Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 21:
22. A method of distributing instructions, stored on a non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium, for configuring a first wireless device:
wherein the first wireless device includes a band-steering device having a band-detection element and a band-steering element;
wherein the instructions include,
receiving a first signal from a second wireless device;
detecting from the first signal if the second device has multi-band capability; and
responding to the first signal by transmitting a second signal to the second device in a preferred band;
wherein the first signal is a connection request;
wherein the band-steering element is configured to define a blocking period in response to receiving the connection request on a non-preferred ban& and
wherein the band-steering element is configured to disable a beacon broadcast from the first wireless device in the non-preferred band during the blocking period.