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Samsung patents Wi-Fi method to check neighbor router load

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung has filed a patent for a way to help Wi-Fi devices find out how busy nearby routers are. The system lets a device ask its current router or a nearby one for data on how much traffic is being handled, helping it decide if it should switch connections.

Why it mattersThis could make Wi-Fi switching smoother by letting devices pick less crowded routers automatically, though it is a technical update to existing standards.

In the filing’s own words

Methods and apparatuses for discovery of basic service set (BSS) load information of a neighboring access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) in a wireless local area network (WLAN). A method performed by a non-AP MLD includes receiving, from (i) a current AP MLD that is associated with a plurality of AP MLDs or (ii) a target AP MLD associated with the plurality of AP MLDs, BSS load information associated with the target AP MLD. The BSS load information includes current values of BSS load parameters associated with the BSS load information. The method includes determining a BSS load of the target AP MLD based on the current values of the BSS load parameters associated with the BSS load information.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method performed by a non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD), the method comprising: receiving, from (i) a current AP MLD that is associated with a plurality of AP MLDs or (ii) a target AP MLD associated with the plurality of AP MLDs, basic service set (BSS) load information associated with the target AP MLD, wherein the BSS load information includes current values of BSS load parameters associated with the BSS load information; and determining a BSS load of the target AP MLD based on the current values of the BSS load parameters associated with the BSS load information.

Facts

Company: Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title: DISCOVERY OF BSS LOAD INFORMATION OF NEIGHBORING AP MLD IN A SEAMLESS ROAMING DOMAIN IN WLANS
Publication number: US20260322723A1
Application number: 19466151
Filed: Jan 30, 2026
Published: Oct 15, 2026
Inventors: 6
Claims: 20

Classified under

H04L 43/0876 Electricity & electronicsH04W 8/005 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/18 Electricity & electronics

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