Abstract: Existing roaming management strategies may lead to inconsistent performance causing disruptions during scanning. To address this, devices, systems, methods, and processes for facilitating enhancing roaming performance with multi-link operation are described herein. A non-access point (non-AP) multi-link device (MLD) associates, with an AP over a first link using a first set of radio resources and a second link using a second set of radio resources. The non-AP MLD further receives roaming assistance information about neighbor APs of the AP and determines time intervals for scanning for roaming candidate APs. The non-AP MLD indicates to the AP that the second link is unavailable and scans for the roaming candidate APs using the second set of radio resources of the second link, while having the first link operational with the AP to exchange the traffic. The non-AP MLD thus ensures seamless handoff and uninterrupted connectivity even before a reactive scan is triggered.

Abstract: Devices, systems, methods, and processes for location discovery of an access point (AP) are described herein. The AP, after a reboot event, is required to transmit a current location for automated frequency coordination (AFC) registration. However, the current location may be unknown to the AP. To address this, a device is provided with a location discovery logic that determines the current location of the AP. The device may receive first neighborhood discovery data (NDD) of the AP after first boot event and may generate an RF proximity map based on the first NDD. The device may receive the second NDD of the AP based on the reboot event. The device may compare the second NDD with the RF proximity map, and if the second NDD matches the RF proximity map, the device may determine the current location to be same as a reference location associated with the RF proximity map.

Abstract: Devices, networks, systems, methods, and processes for providing roaming assistance to wireless devices are provided herein. To provide roaming assistance to a wireless device, a network device may establish a communication link with the wireless device. The network device may then obtain at least one of motion data or location data of the wireless device. The network device may obtain the motion data or the location data based on at least one of a set of movement characteristics of the wireless device, a set of location characteristics of the wireless device, or one or more RF parameters of the wireless device relative to at least one neighboring network device. The network device may then generate a list of one or more neighboring network devices based on the obtained motion data or the location data, and transmit the list of one or more neighboring network devices to the wireless device.

Abstract: Described herein are devices, systems, methods, and processes for determining the geo-positions of access points (APs) in a wireless network. The techniques involve utilizing geo-positioning data including global navigation satellite system (GNSS) measurements, wireless local area network (WLAN) signal measurements, air pressure measurements, preexisting knowledge, or any combination thereof. The GNSS measurements may include pseudo range measurements. The WLAN signal measurements can include time of arrival (ToA), channel state information (CSI), and/or received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurements. The geo-position of each AP is calculated by applying Bayes' theorem to all available geo-positioning data and selecting the geo-position hypothesis with the highest probability. The geo-positions of the APs can be updated when a new measurement is obtained. The techniques can handle diverse AP deployments including heterogeneous APs with varying sensor capabilities.

Abstract: Profile-based association method for enterprise networks may be provided. A computing device may configure a first profile and a second profile. Next, the client device may be configured with a set of network profiles associated with a plurality of networks. A user of the client device may be queried for a profile choice for one of the plurality of networks. Then the client device may associate with the one of the plurality of networks according to the profile choice provide by the user.

Abstract: A method for authenticating an end user in a network environment is provided that includes positioning an identification element in a first device that is operable to provide an interface for an end user. The first device is further operable to communicate with an internet protocol (IP) network and with a second device. The end user is then authenticated with a selected one of the first and second devices through the IP network using the identification element such that the end user may operate the first and second devices in multiple access networks that cooperate to provide connectivity to the end user. Each of the access networks is operable to facilitate communications between the end user and the IP network.