Patent ID: 7406319
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling access point loading in a wireless network, comprising: receiving, by a first one of a plurality of access points, information transmitted by a mobile station, the information including an indication of one or more access points in the plurality of access points with which the mobile station can associate, said information further including an indication that at least one of said one or more access points can associate with said mobile station using a frequency channel other than a current frequency channel used by said first access point; determining, by said first one of the plurality of access points, whether the mobile station can establish an association with a second one of the plurality of access points based on said received information; and determining whether to admit an association of the mobile station with the first one of the plurality of access points based upon a loading level of the first one of the plurality of access points and said determination of whether said mobile station can establish an association with said second one of the plurality of access points, wherein the first one of the plurality of access points does not receive a request for an association with the mobile station from the mobile station after denying an association with the mobile station.