公开(公告)号：DE60308503D1

公开(公告)日：2006-11-02

申请号：DE60308503

申请日：2003-05-06

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： CROMER CARVIS ,  JAKES JOHN ,  LOCKER HOWARD

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04H20/00 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W74/00 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: In accordance with the preferred embodiment, an access point provides dynamic load balancing of network bandwidth between access points within the 802.11 wireless LAN. The access point uses the RTS/CTS protocol to reduce the bandwidth available to a single device using an excessive amount of network bandwidth. The access point places a device that has been monopolizing a network channel on a Restricted List, and regulates bandwidth on the network by not returning a CTS to any client on the Restricted List. When the client's network usage drops below a policy driven threshold set by the number of network users, the client is removed from the list and the access point will respond to a RTS from the client with a CTS.