Patent ID: 9750022
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: determining, by an apparatus, a pattern of operable frequency band capabilities of wireless client devices relative to respective wireless Media Access Control (MAC) addresses of the wireless client devices, the determining based on a machine-based classification of the wireless client device capabilities relative to the respective MAC addresses, the pattern of operable frequency band capabilities enabling prediction of a corresponding operable frequency band capabilities of a new wireless client device based solely on a corresponding MAC address of the new wireless client device; predicting the corresponding operable frequency band capabilities of the new wireless client device solely by applying the corresponding MAC address of the new wireless client device to the pattern; and steering the new wireless client device to an available wireless band in response to the predicted operable frequency band capabilities of the new wireless client device, the apparatus implemented as a network device distinct from any one of the wireless client devices.