Patent ID: 11924071
Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. An apparatus comprising:
one or more interfaces that provide a first frequency band and a second frequency band to one or more client devices;
a memory storing one or more computer-readable instructions thereon;
a processor configured to execute the one or more computer-readable instructions to:
monitor the status of one or more frequency bands;
determine that a condition exists for disassociating one or more client devices from the first frequency band in favor of steering the client device to an association with the second frequency band, wherein the condition is based upon the monitored status of the one or more frequency bands;
identify one or more client devices associated with the first frequency band as a list of one or more client devices associated with the first frequency band;
for each respective one of the one or more client devices associated with the first frequency band in the list, measuring one or more parameters associated with the resource demand placed on the first frequency band by the respective one client device;
removing from the list any one or more client devices associated with the first frequency band operating outside the parameter threshold based on the one or more Parameters;
determine that at least one client device of the one or more client devices associated with the first frequency band is not receiving a data stream that is associated with a media session and is placing the largest resource demand on the first frequency band relative to any one or more other client devices in the list, wherein the determination that the at least one client device is not receiving a data stream that is associated with a media session is based upon characteristics of one or more packets being output to the at least one client device, wherein the characteristics are retrieved through a deep packet inspection of the one or more packets; and

initiate a disassociation of the at least one client device from the first frequency band.