Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for steering a wireless device (such as a client station (STA)) in a network having multiple access points (APs). In some aspects, a processor at a first AP may monitor a traffic flow associated with the wireless device. The processor may determine that the wireless device is to be steered, based, at least in part, on the monitored traffic flow. The processor may generate a steering ranking list based on the profile of the wireless device. And the processor may selectively steer the wireless device to a different wireless association in the multi-AP network based on the steering ranking list.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems may detect network attacks based on analysis of medium access control (MAC) addresses and origination locations associated with incoming authentication requests. For example, a DoS attack may be detected by determining (e.g., via a database) whether a particular MAC address is associated with multiple authentication request messages without proceeding to an authentication step. According to the described techniques, a system (e.g., an AP, controller/cloud, etc.) may maintain a database of authentication requests and associated MAC addresses, timestamps, and location information. As such, upon reception of an authentication request corresponding to a MAC address, the MAC address may be compared to the database. If the delta (e.g., timestamp difference) between authentication requests from a same MAC address is less than a threshold, the system may detect a potential DoS attack by a client associated with the MAC address and the MAC address may be removed from the AP.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for steering a wireless device (such as a client station (STA)) in a network having multiple access points (APs). In some aspects, a processor at a first AP may monitor a traffic flow associated with the wireless device. The processor may determine that the wireless device is to be steered, based, at least in part, on the monitored traffic flow. The processor may generate a steering ranking list based on the profile of the wireless device. And the processor may selectively steer the wireless device to a different wireless association in the multi-AP network based on the steering ranking list.