Patents by Inventor Joshua Suhr

Joshua Suhr has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Probe response suppression
    Patent number: 9807813
    Abstract: In response to receiving a probe request from a mobile client, an access point determines whether it should suppress a probe response. The access point receives a probe request from a wireless client device, and prepares a probe response to respond to the probe request. The access point determines whether the wireless client device is likely to associate with the wireless access point. Responsive to a determination that the wireless client device is unlikely to associate with the wireless access point, the access point suppresses the transmission of the probe response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Hart, John Matthew Swartz, Joshua Suhr, Matthew A. Silverman, Tak Ming Pang
  • Noise floor driven access point transmission power
    Patent number: 9655057
    Abstract: Apparatus and techniques are presented for estimating a noise floor experienced by a client device seeking to associate with an access point in a wireless network. A path loss between the client device and the access point may be estimated. A metric may then be generated, where the metric estimates a strength of a signal transmitted from the access point as received at the client device. The transmit power at the access point may then be adjusted, based on the metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John Matthew Swartz, Joshua Suhr, Matthew A. Silverman, Paul J. Stager
  • Probe Response Suppression
    Publication number: 20160309537
    Abstract: In response to receiving a probe request from a mobile client, an access point determines whether it should suppress a probe response. The access point receives a probe request from a wireless client device, and prepares a probe response to respond to the probe request. The access point determines whether the wireless client device is likely to associate with the wireless access point. Responsive to a determination that the wireless client device is unlikely to associate with the wireless access point, the access point suppresses the transmission of the probe response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Brian D. Hart, John Matthew Swartz, Joshua Suhr, Matthew A. Silverman, Tak Ming Pang
  • Noise Floor Driven Access Point Transmission Power
    Publication number: 20160037459
    Abstract: Apparatus and techniques are presented for estimating a noise floor experienced by a client device seeking to associate with an access point in a wireless network. A path loss between the client device and the access point may be estimated. A metric may then be generated, where the metric estimates a strength of a signal transmitted from the access point as received at the client device. The transmit power at the access point may then be adjusted, based on the metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: John Matthew Swartz, Joshua Suhr, Matthew A. Silverman, Paul J. Stager