Patent ID: 8391224

Claim:
A method for measuring factors related to load balancing in a wireless network, the method comprising: a processor determining at least an over-the-air utilization at one or more access points; from the determined at least the over-the-air utilization, the processor determining if there is an access load at the one or more access points, wherein determining the at least an over-the-air utilization comprises determining a radio frequency (RF) utilization for each of one or more radios associated with the one or more access points and wherein determining the RF utilization comprises: based on a frame size of one of more frames communicated between the one or more access points and at least one mobile device, and a data rate (PHY) for the one or more frames, the processor determining a transmission time for the one or more frames; the processor adding overhead time to the determined transmission time; the processor summing the added overhead and determined transmission times for at least two communication sessions associated with a data air time; the processor dividing the data air time by a measurement time to determine the RF utilization; the processor measuring a signal strength between the one or more access points and the at least one mobile device; the processor measuring a quality of a signal for a communication with the at least one mobile device; and the processor moving an access load to one or more other access points with lower over-the-air utilization.