US 11,706,638 B2
Optimized onboarding of devices in a wireless network
Ted R Michaud, Medford, NJ (US); Paul Baker, San Diego, CA (US); Donald Cochrane, Barrington, NH (US); Jay William Strater, San Diego, CA (US); Michael J. Hartman, Chelmsford, MA (US); and Gregory N. Nakanishi, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on May 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/324,434.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/027,518, filed on May 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0368361 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 16/26 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 16/26 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gateway device for client optimized onboarding in a wireless network, the wireless network configured to communicatively interconnect the gateway device, one or more wireless extenders, and one or more client devices, the gateway device comprising:
a network controller;
a non-transitory memory storing a program; and
a communication interface configured to establish communication connections with the one or more client devices and the one or more wireless extenders via the wireless network,
the network controller is configured to execute the program to:
determine a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a new client device;
receive a second RSSI of the new client device from each of the one or more wireless extenders;
determine a strongest RSSI among the determined first RSSI and the received second RSSI from each of the one or more wireless extenders;
receive an onboarding request with respect to any one of the gateway device and the one or more wireless extenders;
transmit a first command to proceed with an onboarding operation of the new client device to any one of the gateway device and the one or more wireless extenders having the strongest RSSI from the new client device; and
transmit a second command to the one or more wireless extenders not determined to have the strongest RSSI from the client device to prevent the onboarding operation of the new client device.