Patent ID: 11882467
Assignee: FORTINET, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A non-transitory computer-readable media storing source code that, when executed by a processor, performs a computer-implemented method, in a Wi-Fi controller coupled to a plurality of access points on a data communication network, for artificially intelligent Ethernet uplink monitoring based on 6 GHz uplink availability of a Wi-Fi network and based on 6 GHz uplink capability of a plurality of stations connected for uplinking to the plurality of access points, the method comprising the steps of:
detecting a probe to one of the plurality of access points from a specific station;
identifying one or more capabilities of the specific station, wherein the specific station is capable of 6 GHz according to IEEE 802.11AX;
fetching an Ethernet uplink load status of a WLAN system from a monitoring module to an assignment module, wherein the uplink load status comprises an uplink load value for each of the plurality of access points;
identifying an RSSI (Radio Signal Strength Indicator) strength of the specific station relative to the specific access point and a second access point of the plurality of access points; and
assigning the specific station to a specific access point based balancing an uplink load status of the specific access point relative to the uplink load status of the WLAN system, wherein the RSSI strength of the specific station relative to the specific access point is less than the RSSI strength of the specific station relative to the second access point.