Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Over-the-air (OTA) Wi-Fi offloading
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Application No.: US16218754Application Date: 2018-12-13
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Publication No.: US10887795B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Maxime Deparisse
- Applicant: Fortinet, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Jaffery Watson Mendonsa & Hamilton LLP
- Main IPC: H04W28/08
- IPC: H04W28/08 ; H04L12/26 ; H04W36/22 ; H04L12/803 ; H04L12/801 ; H04W88/10 ; H04W84/18

Abstract:
Systems and methods for OTA Wi-Fi offloading are provided. According to one embodiment, a first AP of a private network provides connectivity between one or more wireless client devices and a wired network portion of the private network. The first AP is coupled to a switch via a first wired link. The first AP determines whether the traffic being transmitted on the first wired link exceeds a configurable or predefined threshold. When the determination is affirmative, the first AP offloads a portion of the traffic to a second AP of the private network by: (i) dynamically establishing a mesh like link with the second AP; and causing the traffic to be delivered to the wired portion of the private network via a second wired link, coupling the second AP to the switch, by transmitting the portion of the traffic via the mesh like link to the second AP.
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