Patent ID: 9088982
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: A method comprising: receiving an indication to restrict access to an access point to a plurality of client devices, wherein the plurality of client devices have wireless connections with the access point, wherein the wireless connections conform to a wireless networking protocol, wherein a first transmission rate is a lowest transmission rate defined by the wireless networking protocol; responsive to said receiving the indication to restrict access to the access point to the plurality of client devices, determining, at the access point, that a second data transmission rate is used between a first client device of the plurality of client devices and the access point, wherein the second data transmission rate is a lowest data transmission rate used by the plurality of client devices, wherein the second data transmission rate is greater than the first data transmission rate; and responsive to said determining that the second data transmission rate is the lowest data transmission rate used by the plurality of client devices, setting, at the access point, a beacon frame data transmission rate to the second data transmission rate, wherein said determining the client devices that comprise the plurality of client devices comprises determining a plurality of connected client devices, wherein a connected client device is a client device having a wireless connection with the access point, wherein the plurality of connected client devices comprises the plurality of client devices.