Multi-band Wireless Router Connection Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Dual-band wireless routers often experience throughput limitations due to separate management of 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz radio bands, leading to slowdowns when both bands are fully utilized, as they reject new connections despite available capacity on one band.
Innovation Solution
A wireless communication system with a processor and memory that manages multiple RF communication bands, implementing a combined utilization threshold to determine if connecting devices can be accommodated across multiple bands, allowing connections when the threshold is not exceeded.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If separate management of 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz radio bands is implemented, then each band can independently manage its capacity, but the router rejects new connections when both bands are fully utilized even if one band has available capacity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the separate management of 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz radio bands into a unified management system. The router now monitors aggregate capacity utilization across both bands and makes connection decisions based on total network capacity rather than individual band capacity, allowing optimal load distribution and preventing unnecessary connection rejections.
2Productivity
If combined utilization threshold across multiple bands is implemented, then network capacity is optimized, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal connection management system that handles multiple radio bands through a single threshold mechanism. Instead of creating separate management logic for each band, the system uses one unified capacity utilization threshold that applies across all bands, simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining optimized capacity utilization.
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AI summary
An example method includes receiving a connection request from a pending computing device to connect via one of multiple RF communication bands of a wireless network. The method further includes, in response to receiving the connection request from the pending computing device, determining whether a multiple RF communication band utilization threshold is exceeded by the connection request from the pending computing device. The method further includes in response to determining that the multiple RF communication band communication utilization threshold is not exceeded, establishing connection with the pending computing device via one of the multiple RF communication bands of the wireless network to enable communication of the pending computing device over the wireless network.