Patent ID: 7113497
Filing Date: 2006-09-26
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of managing bandwidth utilization in a wireless local area network, wherein the wireless local area network includes a plurality of clients that access the network through an access node over a wireless medium, comprising: determining individual transmission bandwidth utilization for each client of the plurality of clients and a total transmission bandwidth available through the access node; comparing the individual transmission bandwidth utilization for each client with a threshold transmission bandwidth utilization, wherein the threshold transmission bandwidth utilization is set as a function of the number of clients of the plurality of clients; and responsive to a determination that a particular client's individual transmission bandwidth is greater than the threshold transmission bandwidth utilization, prohibiting a clear-to-send response to a request-to-send by the particular client, thereby preventing the particular client from utilizing additional bandwidth through the access node until it is no longer determined that the particular client's individual transmission bandwidth is greater than the threshold transmission bandwidth utilization.