Patent ID: 9642040
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for load balancing wireless network traffic transmitted between a first access point (AP) and a client device, the method comprising: determining a first candidate path and a second candidate path between the first AP and the client device, wherein at least one of the first candidate path and the second candidate path traverses a second AP; determining a first available bandwidth of the first candidate path and a second available bandwidth of the second candidate path based, at least in part, on channel availability of one or more communication channels of the first candidate path and the second candidate path; determining a third available bandwidth associated with a currently used path between the first AP and the client device; and steering a portion of the wireless network traffic associated with the client device to a first link of the first candidate path in response to determining the first available bandwidth is greater than the third available bandwidth associated with the currently used path and the second available bandwidth associated with the second candidate path.