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公开(公告)号:US20230033489A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-02
申请号:US17787155
申请日:2020-12-18
Inventor: David TOWNEND , Francis SCAHILL , Simon RINGLAND
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method of operating a wireless network access point of a wireless network. The method includes wirelessly exchanging management frames with a device to attach the device to the access point, thereby establishing: a wireless downlink data communication channel from the access point to the device, and a wireless uplink data communication channel from the device to the access point. The method further includes performing a wireless link test comprising: transmitting a test frame to the device on the downlink channel, the test frame having a length greater than each of the management frames, including a sequence of test data bits, and being configured to require a mirror response comprising the sequence of test data bits; monitoring for receipt of the mirror response on the uplink; and, if the mirror response is received, determining the test is passed.
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公开(公告)号:US20180124693A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-03
申请号:US15561450
申请日:2016-03-30
Inventor: Simon RINGLAND , Francis SCAHILL , Richard EVENDEN
Abstract: A wireless router having a WiFi wireless network and including a small cell for routing LTE cellular data to a mobile network core is configured to monitor connected mobile devices and determine whether each mobile device should be connect to the hub using WiFi or LTE in accordance with the current utilization of the WiFi network and the current utilization of the LTE small cell. The network identity information of the device's WiFi interface and the device's LTE interface is provided by an application operating on the mobile device.
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公开(公告)号:US20170111807A1
公开(公告)日:2017-04-20
申请号:US15300718
申请日:2015-03-26
Inventor: David TOWNEND , Francis SCAHILL , Simon RINGLAND
CPC classification number: H04W24/04 , H04B3/54 , H04L41/06 , H04L41/0893 , H04L41/5067 , H04L43/02 , H04L43/04 , H04L43/062 , H04L43/065 , H04L43/08 , H04L43/0888 , H04L43/0894 , H04L43/16 , H04L47/2483 , H04L67/02 , H04W4/02 , H04W24/08 , H04W84/12
Abstract: In a system of wireless access point routing devices each creating a wireless network, a management server monitors the performance of the wireless networks to identify performance degradation. Any wireless networks experiencing performance degradation are grouped by region to determine whether a common cause for the degradation is present.
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公开(公告)号:US20210022148A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-21
申请号:US15733675
申请日:2019-03-25
Inventor: Simon RINGLAND , Francis SCAHILL
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of selecting a channel for wireless communication between an access point and a client device in a WLAN, the method including obtaining a first performance measurement from a first channel during a first interval, obtaining a second performance measurement from a second channel during a second interval, the first interval being temporally separated from the second interval by a predetermined period which is greater than or equal to one second, and selecting a communication channel for use taking the first and second performance measurements into account.
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公开(公告)号:US20180254979A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-06
申请号:US15562302
申请日:2016-03-30
Inventor: Francis SCAHILL , Richard EVENDEN , Simon RINGLAND
IPC: H04L12/707 , H04L12/801 , H04L12/721 , H04L29/06 , H04W16/14
CPC classification number: H04L45/24 , H04L45/70 , H04L47/14 , H04L47/193 , H04L69/14 , H04W16/14 , H04W88/16
Abstract: In Multipath Transport Layer Protocol (MPTCP) data transmission, data packets are sent from a transmitter to a receiver over at least two data paths, for example using a cellular data connection and a wireless network data connection. An apparatus located at a common point in the data paths is used to monitor the characteristics of any data flows in a MPTCP connection and to manipulate the packet characteristics of the data flows to ensure the MPTCP performance matches a predetermined data distribution target.
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公开(公告)号:US20170272966A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-21
申请号:US15514994
申请日:2015-09-29
Inventor: Francis SCAHILL , Simon RINGLAND , David TOWNEND , Richard EVENDEN
CPC classification number: H04J11/005 , H04J11/0023 , H04L41/0813 , H04L41/0816 , H04L61/6022 , H04W4/70 , H04W8/005 , H04W8/26 , H04W24/02 , H04W24/08 , H04W28/0236 , H04W28/04 , H04W52/241 , H04W84/042 , H04W84/12 , H04W88/08 , H04W88/16
Abstract: Wireless access point devices having wireless networks operating in accordance with 802.11b/g 2.4 Ghz Wi-Fi can be affected by out-of-band interference caused by LTE small cell devices such as macrocells and femtocells. The wireless access points detect such interference devices using a flow processor to monitor the characteristics of data flows of devices connected to the wireless access point to determine whether they are LTE cells based on MAC address matching or the termination of a flow at a known mobile network operator gateway. When a cell is detected, the wireless access point scans for neighboring wireless networks of neighboring wireless access points which may also be affected by the interference generated by the LTE cell. A management server processes information relating the LTE cell and the neighboring wireless networks and generates a mitigation action to change the operational behavior of the wireless access point and any neighboring wireless access points to mitigate the effect of the detected interference device on the wireless networks.
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公开(公告)号:US20240061096A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-22
申请号:US18260509
申请日:2021-12-17
Inventor: Anas AL RAWI , Christopher BOTHAM , Francis SCAHILL , Simon RINGLAND
Abstract: There is herein provided a provided a method of wireless sensing that can include, at a transmitter which is a component of a transceiver device, transmitting a wireless signal such that the transmitted wireless signal is scattered by an object so as to produce a scattered signal, at a receiver which is a component of the transceiver device, receiving the scattered signal, performing processing on the wireless signal before it is transmitted and/or on the received scattered signal, the processing including an indication of self-coupling occurring at the transceiver device, following the processing, using the received signal to determine information relating to the object, the information including one or more of: a location of the object; a direction of movement of the object; or a speed of the object.
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公开(公告)号:US20210400514A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-23
申请号:US17309042
申请日:2019-10-03
Inventor: Francis SCAHILL , Simon RINGLAND
IPC: H04W24/10 , H04B17/318
Abstract: There is herein disclosed a method of determining a working communication channel for use by a first access point in a WLAN, the method including making one or more performance measurements in respect of a communication channel at a proxy access point in the WLAN, the proxy access point being different to the first access point, and using the one or more performance measurements to determine a working communication channel for use by a first access point.
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公开(公告)号:US20210119889A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-22
申请号:US17250243
申请日:2019-06-21
Inventor: Francis SCAHILL , Simon RINGLAND , Timothy TWELL
IPC: H04L12/26
Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for processing local area network diagnostic data obtained in respect of a local area network (LAN). The method includes identifying, from local area network diagnostic data obtained in respect of the LAN, a set of data units including a first and an associated second data unit having a predetermined relationship; updating the first data unit of the set to include an indication that the associated second data unit of the set has been identified; and sending the updated first data unit without the associated second data unit from the LAN for performance analysis at a remote network diagnostic device outside the LAN.
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公开(公告)号:US20200022217A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-16
申请号:US16335417
申请日:2017-09-22
Inventor: Simon RINGLAND , Francis SCAHILL , Timothy TWELL
Abstract: In hybrid access broadband systems, bandwidth provided via a Digital Subscriber Line or cable broadband link is supplemented with bandwidth provided by a Long Term Evolution cellular data link. A user device having both wireless local area network and LTE network access is used to simulate an LTE modem. The performance of a data connection to the LTE network and a home gateway via a WLAN is measured at various locations within the user premises. The results are processed to determine the hybrid access benefit provided at the various locations and a recommended location for installation of the LTE modem is determined for the user premises.
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