| FIRETIDE, INC. Patent applications |
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| 20110051677 | CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT FOR WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS - Channel assignment for wireless access networks is directed toward improved overall communication capability of the networks. A network is formed of wireless access points (APs) coupled via wired (and/or wireless) links and enabled to communicate with clients via radio channels of each of the APs. Local information is collected at each of the APs and processed to determine channel assignments according to a Neighbor Impact Metric (NIM) that accounts for one-hop and two-hop neighbors as well as neighbors not part of the network. Optionally, the NIM accounts for traffic load on the APs. The channel assignments are determined either on a centralized resource (such as a server or one of the APs) or via a distributed scheme across the APs. The local information includes how busy a channel is and local operating conditions such as error rate and interference levels. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20100296494 | SERVICE DIFFERENTIATION AND SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS FOR WIRELESS ACCESS CLIENTS - Differentiated services are provided through service level agreements (SLAs) between access nodes and some of the clients using a wireless access network. Client devices include internal devices that are compliant with service-related specifi-cations published by the access nodes. Client devices also may include non-compliant external and legacy devices, as well as out-side interferers. The access nodes control target SLAs for each client device. The access nodes and the internal client devices per-form rate limiting to ensure that a device's target SLA is adhered to. The service-related specifications include schedules to ensure preferential access for preferred internal client devices. The internal client devices send usage and bandwidth availability feedback to the access node they are associated with, enabling the access node to come up with better schedules for meeting the preferred internal devices' SLAs in view of the network conditions reported via the feedback. | 11-25-2010 |
