Michael J J Hartman

US Patent:

20220272144, Aug 25, 2022

Filed:

Feb 9, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/667769

Inventors:

- Suwanee GA, US
Gregory NAKANISHI - San Diego CA, US
Michael J. HARTMAN - Chelmsford MA, US

International Classification:

H04L 67/04
H04B 17/318
H04W 16/28
H04W 40/24
H04W 36/08
H04W 40/12

Abstract:

A wireless gateway for steering a client device between content streaming apparatuses in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The gateway provides an access point (GW AP) including a gateway steering controller configured to determine whether a client device should be steered to a content streaming apparatus based on at least one sample measurement on received signal strength between the client device and the content streaming apparatus and at least one other content streaming apparatus, and conduct steering logic calculations. The steering logic calculations are compared against predetermined thresholds, and said gateway steering controller provides an instruction to steer the client device to one of the content streaming apparatuses based on a difference between the steering logic calculations and the predetermined thresholds. Optionally, the gateway steering controller may also provide band steering as well as signal strength steering.

US Patent:

20210368361, Nov 25, 2021

Filed:

May 19, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/324434

Inventors:

- Suwanee GA, 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
Gregory N. NAKANISHI - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

H04W 24/02
H04W 24/10
H04B 17/318
H04W 16/26
H04W 88/16
H04W 48/14

Abstract:

An apparatus, method, and computer-readable recording medium perform client optimized onboarding in a wireless network. A network controller of a gateway device determines a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a new client device, receives a second RSSI of the new client device from each of one or more wireless extenders, and determines a strongest RSSI among the determined first RSSI and the received second RSSI from each of the one or more wireless extenders. The network controller of the gateway device receives an onboarding request with respect to any one or the gateway device and the one or more wireless extenders, and sends a 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.

US Patent:

20180176284, Jun 21, 2018

Filed:

Dec 19, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/382966

Inventors:

- Suwanee GA, US
Gregory Nakanishi - San Diego CA, US
Michael J. Hartman - Chelmsford MA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08
H04B 17/318
H04W 16/28

Abstract:

A wireless gateway for steering a client device between content streaming apparatuses in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The gateway provides an access point (GW AP) including a gateway steering controller configured to determine whether a client device should be steered to a content streaming apparatus based on at least one sample measurement on received signal strength between the client device and the content streaming apparatus and at least one other content streaming apparatus, and conduct steering logic calculations. The steering logic calculations are compared against predetermined thresholds, and said gateway steering controller provides an instruction to steer the client device to one of the content streaming apparatuses based on a difference between the steering logic calculations and the predetermined thresholds. Optionally, the gateway steering controller may also provide band steering as well as signal strength steering.