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

Claim 16:
17. A method for steering a client device between content streaming apparatuses, the method comprising:
establishing a connection between a client device and one or more content streaming apparatuses;
performing, with a gateway steering controller, at least one sample measurement of received signal strength on a first Wi-Fi radio band between the client device and each content streaming apparatus; and
conducting steering logic calculations based on the 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 a 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.