US 11,818,651 B2
Best links for wireless clients
Indermeet Singh Gandhi, San Jose, CA (US); Malcolm Muir Smith, Richardson, TX (US); Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US); and Robert E. Barton, Richmond (CA)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/223,781.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322219 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/18 (2009.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04L 67/104 (2022.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); H04L 67/1046 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device from a client device, a request to join a network;
evaluating, in response to receiving the request to join the network, initial characteristics of the client device;
providing, to the client device in response to evaluating the initial characteristics of the client device, an initial plurality of links list;
evaluating subsequent characteristics of the client device, wherein evaluating subsequent characteristics of the client device comprises evaluating at least one of movement of the client device, hand movement of a user of the client device, and an application change on the client device, and wherein evaluating the hand movement of the user of the client device comprises determining the hand movement of the user device using signal means modeling wherein the signal means modeling deduces a probability of an obstacle between the client device and a Access Point (AP) radio; and
providing, to the client device in response to evaluating the subsequent characteristics of the client device, an updated plurality of links list.