Patent ID: 9578573
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method comprising: in response to receiving a request at a first wireless access point from a client device, establishing a wireless link between the client device and the first wireless access point over a radio frequency communication channel, the wireless link conveying data between the client device and the first wireless access point, the client device selecting the first wireless access point amongst multiple wireless access points in a network environment to establish the wireless link; monitoring connection quality of the wireless link between the client device and the first wireless access point; and in response to detecting that the connection quality of the wireless link deteriorates, transmitting a disassociate message from the first wireless access point to the client device, the disassociate message terminating the wireless link; wherein the first wireless access point is in communication with a second wireless access point, the first wireless access point and the second wireless access point providing wireless connectivity to the client device via a same Service Set IDentifier (SSID) associated with the first wireless access point and the second wireless access point; in response to transmitting the disassociate message from the first wireless access point to the client device, receiving a subsequent request from the client device at the second wireless access point, the subsequent received request indicating to establish a subsequent wireless link between the client device and the second wireless access point; establishing the subsequent wireless link between the client device and the second wireless access point over a radio frequency communication channel using the same SSID, the subsequent wireless link between the second wireless access point and the client device conveying data packets between the client device and the second wireless access point; and wherein the first wireless access point and the second wireless access point transmit communications to each other regarding the connection quality.